Dictators Against Dependence
Albania and Korea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6040397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lynn T White (corresponding author), Aileen S P Baviera (0000-0001-6116-6205) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 485-517 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Politics & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1943-0787 • E-ISSN: 1943-0779 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/aspp.12407 |
| OpenAlex | W2891542722 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 46 |
When a linguistically distinctive ethnicity is surrounded by much larger powers, its leader usually needs resources from one of them – and then that power may try to absorb it. The local leader quickly switches to reliance on the previous protector's main foreign enemy, simultaneously purging (often killing) domestic rivals. Albania's long history through Enver Hoxha, like North Korea's under Kim Jong‐un still, shows recurrent examples of this link between independence and dictatorship – although not all tyrants emerge in this way. The essay also discloses violent aspects of past South Korean politics that few readers of English know. Historical parallels can be observed without any universal covering “law.” Further examples explore limits of this method. History can inform policies toward nonproliferation (American, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean), elucidate the recent effects of surrounding pluralistic states on small countries, and provide evidence about the likely benefits of Korean patriotism and reunification
Adversary · Autocracy · China · Democracy · Development economics · Dictatorship · Economics · Ethnic Cleansing · Ethnic group · Great power · Independence (probability theory · Parallels · Patriotism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · History · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law
East Asia
The Park Chung Hee Era
Cultural Revolution in Russia, 1928-1931
The Wilsonian Moment
The Interpretation of Cultures
Kings or People
Political Order and Political Decay
Rationalizing Korea
Eleven. Yin and Yang in the China-Manchuria-Korea Triangle
Rogue Regime
The Albanian National Awakening
The North And South Korean Political Systems
Korea's Democratization
Anthropology through the Looking-Glass
Democracy and Redistribution
Populist Collaborators
A History of Korea
A History of Korea
Defying De-Stalinization
The Real North Korea
States of Insecurity
Useful Adversaries
The U.S. Nuclear Umbrella over South Korea
The Albanians
Korea's Syngman Rhee
The Politics of Korean Nationalism
Independent Eastern Europe
Albania
The artful Albanian
The Communist States in Disarray 1965–1971
Small States
Culture in Action
Culture, Political Culture, and Communist Society
The Koreans and Their Culture
The Autonomy of Historical Understanding
Origins of the Chinese Revolution 1915-1949
Albania and the Sino-Soviet Rift
The Uses of Comparative History in Macrosocial Inquiry
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |