Taekbin Kim
Biographic Data
| ID | 4098667 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Taekbin Kim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Taekbin |
| FAMILY NAME | Kim |
| SIGNATURE | KIM T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Seoul National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1216-6150 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Madness as Strategy? Leader Reputation and the Logic of Elite Purges in Autocracies
Objective Are leaders perceived as “mad” more likely to employ violent repression against elites? This article examines how a leader's reputation for madness shapes the use of violent military purges in authoritarian regimes. Methods Using a global dataset covering 110 countries from 1981 to 2005, we analyze whether perceived madness influences leaders’ decisions to violently remove military elites. Results The results show that a reputation for …
From Repression to Participation: Pre-Migratory Political Socialization among North Koreans in South Korea
Destination Development Through Sport Event Tourism (SET) in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ): A Descriptive Analysis Approach
The primary objectives of this study are fourfold. First, it aims to review the existing body of literature related to both tourism studies and the Korean DMZ, in order to establish a foundational understanding of current academic discourse. Second, the study seeks to identify critical factors that influence destination development through sport events and related forms of tourism, particularly within politically sensitive regions like the DMZ. T…
Seeing disparity: Marketization and perceived inequality in North Korea
Kim Jong Un and Consolidating Power: Explaining Elite Appointment in the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee, 2012-2019
Despite concerns about the stability of the early days of the Kim Jong Un regime, he has firmly established his control over the existing system. How was he able to achieve this? Important insights are provided by Kim Jong Un's patter of official appointments, particularly involving the members of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea (WPK). This study scrutinizes the pattern of elite appointments under Kim Jong Un from 2012 to 2019…
Effects of Everyday Corruption on Perceptions of Authoritarian Leadership: Evidence from North Korea
Personalism and purges: Are personalist dictators more likely to engage in elite purges
Objective In this article, we empirically examine the relationship between personalism and employing purging or cooptation as regime elite management techniques. Much of the literature suggests that there is a close relationship between personalism and the use of violence to maintain power, and thus suggests a connection between personalism and violent purges. Methods Using data from 109 autocracies from 1946 to 2008, we employ a seemingly unrela…
Attitudinal Legacies of Dictatorship
What are the longer-term consequences of premigratory experiences on the political attitudes of those who migrate out of extremely authoritarian regimes? In this paper, using data from an original survey of North Korean defectors in South Korea conducted in 2022, we examine whether attitudes on executive power, self-sacrifice for the sake of the national community (postmigration), state ownership, and the duty to participate politically, vary amo…
What Explains Individualism in North Korea
Is engagement in private market activities associated with individualist attitudes and support for capitalism in North Korea? Using a unique survey data set from the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies that focuses on recent arrivals to South Korea from 2011-2020, we test several hypotheses derived from the literature that explains the rise of individualism globally. We find younger people who were in engaged in private business in North …
Who Is Purged? Determinants of Elite Purges in North Korea
The existing literature on elite purges in dictatorships claims that the risk of coups to replace dictators is the main cause of the dictator’s choice of purge strategy. Why then do elite purges occur even in well-established dictatorships with a consistently low risk of coups? This article argues that elite purges in consolidated dictatorships have a different purpose and logic. Dictators, who have consolidated their position, seek to maximize t…
Authoritarian survival strategies and elite churn: The case of North Korea
How do autocrats interact with authoritarian elites? This is a question that has gained increasing scholarly attention over the past decade. In this article, using the case of North Korea we develop a set of theoretical expectations for “elite churn” or changes in the composition of the elite (either in terms of promotions, demotions, or new entrants) resulting from moving around elites from office to office (or “elite shuffle”) and bringing in n…
Who Is Purged? Determinants of Elite Purges in North Korea
The existing literature on elite purges in dictatorships claims that the risk of coups to replace dictators is the main cause of the dictator’s choice of purge strategy. Why then do elite purges occur even in well-established dictatorships with a consistently low risk of coups? This article argues that elite purges in consolidated dictatorships have a different purpose and logic. Dictators, who have consolidated their position, seek to maximize t…
Attitudinal Legacies of Dictatorship
What are the longer-term consequences of premigratory experiences on the political attitudes of those who migrate out of extremely authoritarian regimes? In this paper, using data from an original survey of North Korean defectors in South Korea conducted in 2022, we examine whether attitudes on executive power, self-sacrifice for the sake of the national community (postmigration), state ownership, and the duty to participate politically, vary amo…
What Explains Individualism in North Korea
Is engagement in private market activities associated with individualist attitudes and support for capitalism in North Korea? Using a unique survey data set from the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies that focuses on recent arrivals to South Korea from 2011-2020, we test several hypotheses derived from the literature that explains the rise of individualism globally. We find younger people who were in engaged in private business in North …
Authoritarian survival strategies and elite churn: The case of North Korea
How do autocrats interact with authoritarian elites? This is a question that has gained increasing scholarly attention over the past decade. In this article, using the case of North Korea we develop a set of theoretical expectations for “elite churn” or changes in the composition of the elite (either in terms of promotions, demotions, or new entrants) resulting from moving around elites from office to office (or “elite shuffle”) and bringing in n…
Personalism and purges: Are personalist dictators more likely to engage in elite purges
Objective In this article, we empirically examine the relationship between personalism and employing purging or cooptation as regime elite management techniques. Much of the literature suggests that there is a close relationship between personalism and the use of violence to maintain power, and thus suggests a connection between personalism and violent purges. Methods Using data from 109 autocracies from 1946 to 2008, we employ a seemingly unrela…
Authoritarian survival strategies and elite churn: The case of North Korea
How do autocrats interact with authoritarian elites? This is a question that has gained increasing scholarly attention over the past decade. In this article, using the case of North Korea we develop a set of theoretical expectations for “elite churn” or changes in the composition of the elite (either in terms of promotions, demotions, or new entrants) resulting from moving around elites from office to office (or “elite shuffle”) and bringing in n…
Who Is Purged? Determinants of Elite Purges in North Korea
The existing literature on elite purges in dictatorships claims that the risk of coups to replace dictators is the main cause of the dictator’s choice of purge strategy. Why then do elite purges occur even in well-established dictatorships with a consistently low risk of coups? This article argues that elite purges in consolidated dictatorships have a different purpose and logic. Dictators, who have consolidated their position, seek to maximize t…
What Explains Individualism in North Korea
Is engagement in private market activities associated with individualist attitudes and support for capitalism in North Korea? Using a unique survey data set from the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies that focuses on recent arrivals to South Korea from 2011-2020, we test several hypotheses derived from the literature that explains the rise of individualism globally. We find younger people who were in engaged in private business in North …
Effects of Everyday Corruption on Perceptions of Authoritarian Leadership: Evidence from North Korea
Personalism and purges: Are personalist dictators more likely to engage in elite purges
Objective In this article, we empirically examine the relationship between personalism and employing purging or cooptation as regime elite management techniques. Much of the literature suggests that there is a close relationship between personalism and the use of violence to maintain power, and thus suggests a connection between personalism and violent purges. Methods Using data from 109 autocracies from 1946 to 2008, we employ a seemingly unrela…
Attitudinal Legacies of Dictatorship
What are the longer-term consequences of premigratory experiences on the political attitudes of those who migrate out of extremely authoritarian regimes? In this paper, using data from an original survey of North Korean defectors in South Korea conducted in 2022, we examine whether attitudes on executive power, self-sacrifice for the sake of the national community (postmigration), state ownership, and the duty to participate politically, vary amo…
Destination Development Through Sport Event Tourism (SET) in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ): A Descriptive Analysis Approach
The primary objectives of this study are fourfold. First, it aims to review the existing body of literature related to both tourism studies and the Korean DMZ, in order to establish a foundational understanding of current academic discourse. Second, the study seeks to identify critical factors that influence destination development through sport events and related forms of tourism, particularly within politically sensitive regions like the DMZ. T…
Seeing disparity: Marketization and perceived inequality in North Korea
Kim Jong Un and Consolidating Power: Explaining Elite Appointment in the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee, 2012-2019
Despite concerns about the stability of the early days of the Kim Jong Un regime, he has firmly established his control over the existing system. How was he able to achieve this? Important insights are provided by Kim Jong Un's patter of official appointments, particularly involving the members of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea (WPK). This study scrutinizes the pattern of elite appointments under Kim Jong Un from 2012 to 2019…
Madness as Strategy? Leader Reputation and the Logic of Elite Purges in Autocracies
Objective Are leaders perceived as “mad” more likely to employ violent repression against elites? This article examines how a leader's reputation for madness shapes the use of violent military purges in authoritarian regimes. Methods Using a global dataset covering 110 countries from 1981 to 2005, we analyze whether perceived madness influences leaders’ decisions to violently remove military elites. Results The results show that a reputation for …
From Repression to Participation: Pre-Migratory Political Socialization among North Koreans in South Korea
Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Elite (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Democracy (4 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (4 works) · Political economy (4 works)