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02281cam a2200253 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9781606928073 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng. |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
951.9305092 |
| Item number |
KIM- |
| 245 04 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The Kim Jong Il regime in North Korea / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
edited by Charles W. Tarrington |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
New York : |
| Name of publisher |
Nova Science, |
| Year of publication |
2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
136p. |
| Other physical details |
ill. (some col.) ; |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
King Jong Il and North Korea : the leader and the system / Andrew Scobell -- Projecting Pyongyang : the future of North Korea's Kim Jong Il regime / Andrew Scobell -- The North Korean economy : leverage and policy analysis / Dick K. Nanto and Emma Chanlett-Avery. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Much hyperbole surrounds the political regime in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea). Many analysts argue that North Korea is a unique political system. What kind of regime is the DPRK, and what kind of leader does it have? A variety of labels are given to the North Korean regime. These include likening the regime to an organised crime family and to a corporatist organism. There are certainly merits to each of these approaches, but each has its limitations. Pyongyang does share some of the attributes of organised crime and certainly engages in criminal activity in a systematic and calculating manner. This pattern of illicit behaviour includes the production and distribution of narcotics as well as the counterfeiting of foreign currencies, cigarettes, and pharmaceuticals. But the DPRK is more than a crime family - it possesses a massive conventional military force as well as significant strategic forces. Moreover, the regime continues to brainwash, imprison, or starve North Koreans, inflicting untold misery and death on its people. Corporatism, meanwhile, may provide insights into certain aspects of the system, but its utility is limited by the confusion that surrounds understanding of this concept. An absolute dictator still rules the regime. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
English. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Korea (North). |
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| Topical Term |
Politics and government. |
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Social conditions. |
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Economic history. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Kim, Chŏng-il, 1942-2011. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Leadership. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Tarrington, Charles W. |
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editor. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Books |
