Nyhet

North Korea and South Korea

Monopolizing Nationalism in a Divided Peninsula

AvQingming Huang

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Bloomsbury Studies on Korea's Place in International Relations

1 076 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Beskrivning

The autocratic regimes in both North Korea and South Korea attempted to legitimize their rule through efforts in nation-building but achieved different results. North Korea and South Korea: Monopolizing Nationalism in a Divided Peninsula seeks to answer: How did these regimes’ nation-building strategies through a variety of tools and venues differ in the process of regime development? How was nationalism utilized to construct a regime-legitimizing founding myth? What implications did these varied efforts have on authoritarian legitimacy and state-society relations under authoritarian rule? Focusing on the period from the end of the Second World War and the start of the Korean War to South Korea’s democratic transitions in the 1980s and North Korea’s crises in the 1990s, Qingming Huang examines the authoritarian regimes’ efforts in monopolizing the narratives of nationalism and constructing the founding myths of the regimes through textbooks and other myth-making venues. Huang argues that the North Korean regime’s monopoly of nationalism helped it construct the founding myth of the party-state as an essential source of regime legitimacy. In contrast, the autocratic regimes in South Korea failed to eliminate the competing narratives about the nation and were unable to monopolize nationalism. As a result, South Korea struggled to construct a founding myth to buttress the regimes and became more vulnerable to domestic challenges.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-04-16
Mått:152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt:420 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bloomsbury Studies on Korea's Place in International Relations
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666962680

Utforska kategorier

Politik och statsskick inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Qingming Huang is assistant research fellow at the Institute for International Affairs, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He was a Rothman Doctoral Fellow at the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere at the University of Florida, a Junior Fellow and Visiting Scholar at the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies at Seoul National University. His research works have appeared in Journal of Chinese Political Science, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, and Perspectives on Politics.

Recensioner i media

Why did South Korea experience regime changes in the 1960s and 1980s, but North Korea did not? Using original sources in Korean, Dr. Huang compellingly demonstrates how North Korean leaders outperformed their South Korean rivals in constructing a founding myth and establishing a monopoly of nationalism during the early period of state and regime formation. The North Korean regime’s success in its legitimation strategy contributed to its stability whereas South Korea was plagued by political upheavals throughout the 1960s-1980s. This book breaks away from most studies of North Korea that mythicize the North Korean regime and offers an illuminating comparison of the two Koreas. It is an impressive and valuable book for students of modern Korea, postcolonial Asia, comparative nationalism and comparative authoritarianism.

Innehållsförteckning

List of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1Nationalism, Founding Myth, and Regime LegitimacyChapter 2Kim Il Sung: Monopolizing Nationalism and Constructing the Founding MythChapter 3Syngman Rhee: Idolization of Rhee with the Independence SpiritChapter 4Park Chung Hee: The “Savior” of the NationChapter 5Chun Doo Hwan: Rescuing “the Sinking Ship of State”Conclusion and DiscussionReferencesAbout the Author