Kim Jong Il came to power after the death of his father Kim Il
Sung in 1994. Contrary to expectations, he has succeeded in
maintaining enough political stability to remain in power. Kim Jong
Il's Leadership of North Korea is an examination of how political
power has been developed, transmitted from father to son, and now
operates in North Korea
Using a variety of original North Korean sources as well as
South Korean materials Jae-Cheon Lim pieces together the ostensibly
contradictory and inconsistent facts into a conceptual coherent
framework. This book considers Kim and his leadership through an
analytical framework. composed of four main elements: i) Kim as a
leader of a totalitarian society; ii) as a politician; iii) as a
Korean; and iv) as an individual person.
This illuminating account of what constitutes power and how it
is used makes an important contribution to the understanding of an
opaque and difficult regime. It will be of interest for upper level
undergraduate, postgraduates and academics interested in North
Korean politics, and also those in Political theory.
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