North Korea's Policy Process

Assessing Institutional Policy Preferences

Bibliographic Data

ID8368641
AuthorsPatrick McEachern (Doctoral candidate in Political Science at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Lousiana, U.S.A., and an analyst in the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Email: ., corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume49
Issue3
Pages528-552
Publication date2009-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Survey (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-4687 • E-ISSN: 1533-838X
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/as.2009.49.3.528
OpenAlexW2141959090
LanguageEN
Citations received9

I argue that North Korean politics is becoming pluralized. Policy outcomes are increasingly shaped by the interaction of the Cabinet, party, and military. Systematic content analysis of domestic articles and speeches suggests that policy preferences vary by institution. Second-echelon divisions are observable and help to shape policy more than has been previously argued

Cabinet (room · Economics · Geography · Institution · Political economy · Political process · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Public economics · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Computer Science · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration

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