|
Showing 1 - 4 of
4 matches in All Departments
This edited volume brings together a set of essays exploring the
global dimensions of Korea's recent history and politics by a group
of the most talented young scholars. Essays in the volume seek to
answer two interrelated questions: How have international
developments impacted Korea? And how has Korea in turn influenced
world events and trends? The volume demonstrates that the most
important issues in Korea's post World War II history-division,
war, economic development, and inter-Korean rivalry-cannot be
understood without reference to the country's global interactions.
Essays in the volume cover a range of topics including: U.S.-South
Korean relations, North Korean foreign policy, immigration, and
democratization. The essays included in the volume push the
boundaries of several different subfields. Historical essays break
new ground by introducing new archival materials and revealing
important details about the past diplomacy of the two Korea's.
Others consider aspects of American influence on Korea that have
previously been ignored such as the U.S. impact on urban
development and food consumption. Essays on contemporary Korean
politics and society make sense of most recent developments in
North and South Korea while presenting intriguing new interpretive
frameworks. By bringing new voices in Korean Studies to the
forefront, this volume changes how we understand and
reconceptualize Korea's role in the world.
This edited volume brings together a set of essays exploring the
global dimensions of Korea's recent history and politics by a group
of the most talented young scholars. Essays in the volume seek to
answer two interrelated questions: How have international
developments impacted Korea? And how has Korea in turn influenced
world events and trends? The volume demonstrates that the most
important issues in Korea's post World War II history-division,
war, economic development, and inter-Korean rivalry-cannot be
understood without reference to the country's global interactions.
Essays in the volume cover a range of topics including: U.S.-South
Korean relations, North Korean foreign policy, immigration, and
democratization. The essays included in the volume push the
boundaries of several different subfields. Historical essays break
new ground by introducing new archival materials and revealing
important details about the past diplomacy of the two Korea's.
Others consider aspects of American influence on Korea that have
previously been ignored such as the U.S. impact on urban
development and food consumption. Essays on contemporary Korean
politics and society make sense of most recent developments in
North and South Korea while presenting intriguing new interpretive
frameworks. By bringing new voices in Korean Studies to the
forefront, this volume changes how we understand and
reconceptualize Korea's role in the world.
How do dictators stay in power? When, and how, do they use
repression to do so? Dictators and their Secret Police explores the
role of the coercive apparatus under authoritarian rule in Asia -
how these secret organizations originated, how they operated, and
how their violence affected ordinary citizens. Greitens argues that
autocrats face a coercive dilemma: whether to create internal
security forces designed to manage popular mobilization, or defend
against potential coup. Violence against civilians, she suggests,
is a byproduct of their attempt to resolve this dilemma. Drawing on
a wealth of new historical evidence, this book challenges
conventional wisdom on dictatorship: what autocrats are threatened
by, how they respond, and how this affects the lives and security
of the millions under their rule. It offers an unprecedented view
into the use of surveillance, coercion, and violence, and sheds new
light on the institutional and social foundations of authoritarian
power.
How do dictators stay in power? When, and how, do they use
repression to do so? Dictators and their Secret Police explores the
role of the coercive apparatus under authoritarian rule in Asia -
how these secret organizations originated, how they operated, and
how their violence affected ordinary citizens. Greitens argues that
autocrats face a coercive dilemma: whether to create internal
security forces designed to manage popular mobilization, or defend
against potential coup. Violence against civilians, she suggests,
is a byproduct of their attempt to resolve this dilemma. Drawing on
a wealth of new historical evidence, this book challenges
conventional wisdom on dictatorship: what autocrats are threatened
by, how they respond, and how this affects the lives and security
of the millions under their rule. It offers an unprecedented view
into the use of surveillance, coercion, and violence, and sheds new
light on the institutional and social foundations of authoritarian
power.
|
You may like...
The Party
Elizabeth Day
Paperback
(1)
R323
R215
Discovery Miles 2 150
Seven Letters
Sinead Moriarty
Paperback
(1)
R320
R253
Discovery Miles 2 530
One Good Thing
Alexandra Potter
Paperback
R365
R285
Discovery Miles 2 850
Southern Man
Greg Iles
Paperback
R420
R280
Discovery Miles 2 800
Joburg Noir
Niq Mhlongo
Paperback
(2)
R553
Discovery Miles 5 530
|