Table of Content
Tables and Figures
Abbreviations
Note on Romanization
Preface
1. Introduction: A Conceptual Frame for Systemic Changes
Emergence of the Systemic Identity of North Korea
Embodiment of the System: Functional Differentiation
Systemic Dissonance and Major Conjunctures
Requirement for Systemic Viability: Openness
Tour of the Book
2. Kim Jong Il: The Political Man and His Leadership Character
The Shaping of a Political Personality
The Political Man’s Road to Succession
Active-Negative Leadership Character
Implications for Systemic Changes
3. The Party’s Strengthening Discipline and Weakening Efficiency
Kim Il Sung’s Legacy: From a Mass Party to an Institutionalized Party
Kim Jong Il and Organizational Changes
Party-Life Criticism as a Disciplinary Instrument
The Declining Efficiency of the Party
Dual Implications
4. Military-First Politics and Changes in Party-Military Relations
Power Dynamics and Party-Military Relations
Military-First Politics under Kim Jong Il
Institutional Differentiation between the Party and the Military
Relevance to Kim Jong Il’s Management Style
5. Chuch’e in Transformation
Chuch’e and Power Succession
Socialism in Historical Development
Estrangement from Marxism-Leninism
On Capitalism and Opening Up
Reflections on Chuch’e: With Special Reference to Systemic Identity
6. The Fluctuation of Economic Institutions and the Emergence of Entrepreneurship
Institutions of Economic Management: Traditions and Their Dislocation
Increased Local Latitude
The Emergence of Private Entrepreneurs
Informal Transition of Property Rights
Implications for Systemic Dissonance
7. The Changing Roles of Intellectuals
Socialist Transformation and Persecution of Intellectuals
Socialist Mobilization and Changes in the Class Status of Intellectuals
Kim Jong Il’s Rise and His Mobilization of Intellectuals
The Perceived ‘Internal Enemy’ in Times of Decaying Socialism
Facilitation of the ‘Skip-Over Strategy’
8. Conclusion: Dilemmas of Opening Up
Special Features of Systemic Dissonance
Defiance in 2002
Appendix
Notes
Bibligraphy
Index