Course Description
This course is a comprehensive introduction to the study of politics and society in North Korea. It is designed to familiarize students of all social sciences with the historical background of North Korea, characteristics of North Korean political system comparing to other socialist states and current issues with nuclear programs and economic development strategy and social changes. The main questions through the course are: 1) How can be the North Korean system sustainable, even after the collapse of socialist system in the world? 2) Why North Korea developed the nuclear program and could not give up them? 3) What is the characteristics of North Korean development strategy? To search out the answers, the course explores the historical process of North Korean state building and succession of power, political system in the context of comparative socialism, nuclear program in the context of asymmetric strategy.
Grading
Attendance & Participation
1 short presentation (summary of one required article) & presentation for the term paper idea
Final term paper (6,500 words plus any graphs, tables, etc.)
- Lehrende(r): Hee Kyoung Chang