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041			_aeng.
082	0	0	_a951.9305092 _bKIM-
245	0	4	_aThe Kim Jong Il regime in North Korea / _cedited by Charles W. Tarrington
260			_aNew York : _bNova Science, _c2009.
300			_a136p. _bill. (some col.) ;
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aKing 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			_aMuch 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			_aEnglish.
650			_aKorea (North).
650			_aPolitics and government.
650			_aSocial conditions.
650			_aEconomic history.
650			_aKim, Chŏng-il, 1942-2011.
650			_aLeadership.
700	1		_aTarrington, Charles W. _eeditor.
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