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Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series
North Korea’s nuclear weapons program has provoked much apprehension in the international community in recent years. The Six Party Talks were convened in 2003 to prevent North Korea from developing nuclear weapons. They brought together the US, China, Russia, Japan as well as North and South Korea...
To Be Published June 13th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies
The distinguishing feature for many workers in South Korea is contractual – and often involuntary – retirement at a young age (mid-50s for most workers) followed by precarious and low-paying self-employment or contract work. In the past this practice, which is also found in other East Asian nations...
To Be Published August 1st 2013 by Routledge
Presenting a succinct, historically informed introduction to North and South Korea, the second edition of The Koreas considers the radically different ways these countries have dealt with the growing challenges of globalization. Since the first edition’s publication, the economic, political, and...
To Be Published September 3rd 2013 by Routledge
Series: Politics in Asia
With the ‘Asian Century’ now upon us, bringing with it many profound economic and political changes to the world order, it is very timely to assess the state of democracy in the Asian region. Focusing on Eastern Asia, this book provides such a review, highlighting lines of connections between the...
To Be Published November 14th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Politics in Asia
Although the current world order is still dominated by the US, there is increasing international concern over the possibility of regional security dilemmas arising from smaller powers’ attempts to develop Weapons of Mass Destruction. A study of US-North Korean interaction using the security dilemma...
To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Politics in Asia
Rapid economic pluralization in East Asia has empowered local and medial groups, and with this change comes the need to radically rethink usual notions regarding the ways in which ‘democracies’ emerge or ‘citizens’ gain more power. This book examines the factors that cause and/or hinder the...
To Be Published January 30th 2014 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies
This book discusses the transition process which took place in South Korea in the 1990s, and which has subsequently been, and continues to be, consolidated. It examines how, through a process of "experimental corporatism", a dual transformation was successfully brought about – in politics from...
To Be Published March 30th 2014 by Routledge
