The Advance of Marketization in North Korea
Between political rigidity and economic flexibility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3663147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tat Yan Kong (0000-0001-9644-5036, Universidad de Londres, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 830-867 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026749x18000550 |
| OpenAlex | W2977304591 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 27 |
North Korea is a unique regime that has not followed the 'mono-transition' path (economic reform under modified one-party rule) of other surviving communist regimes (China, Vietnam, Cuba) in the post-Cold War era. Debates over North Korea's unique features (reluctance in economic reform, absence of political modification, international troublemaking) have generated two contending interpretations. The mainstream interpretation attributes North Korea's uniqueness to its regime's highly rigid political system ('monolithic leadership system'). For the alternative interpretation, structural pressures and political calculus have driven the monolithic regime towards economic reform ('marketization from above'), making it more convergent with the 'mono-transition' regimes, at least in the economic aspect. In support of the latter interpretation, this article will delve further into three contentious issues that represent the most common doubts about the advance of marketization in North Korea. First, how can the regime reconcile marketization with the interests of its 'core constituencies'? Second, since 'crony socialism' exists, how does it influence distribution and productive activity? Third, how does marketization advance in view of the persistence of monolithic rule? In so doing, it will show how the sources of economic reform (structural factors and political calculus) have enabled the marketization constraints to be overcome
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |