North Korea: The Hardest Nut

Oh, Kongdan; Hassig, Ralph C.

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“…These elites together with others posted in the Party number about 1.5 million. They gain first priority for scarce food, housing and medical care, but their continued access comes from pleasing their many superiors (Oh and Hassig, 2003).…”

Section: Institutional Power Sharing In North Koreamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As stipulated in Chapter 4, Article 59 of the Constitution, 'The mission of the armed forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is to safeguard the interests of the working people; to defend the socialist system and the gains of the revolution from aggression and to protect the freedom, independence and peace of the country.' Given wide latitude and a substantial share of the nation's resources, the 1 million troops and 6 million reserves of the Korean People's Army have become the dominant social and political institution (Oh and Hassig, 2003).…”

Section: Political Controls and The Dprk Bureaucracymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Demystifying the Hermit Kingdom: the constitution and public administration in North Korea

Jordan

2013

International Review of Administrative Sciences

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Background: Situations of extreme information deficit regarding administrative behavior are rare, but such conditions persist for the most enigmatic and troubling nations, such as North Korea. How might the behavior of public administrators be explained when systematic observation of individual administrators or institutions' parties is not feasible? Aim: Finding a way to estimate administrative behavior based upon the information available is an important task in understanding the complexities of closed states' behavior in the international arena. Method: We use constitutional analysis to explain public administration in North Korea, arguing that this is the best available method to explain administrative norms and behavior in this and other closed nations. Results: We find that while administrative theorists predict that administrative norms can be predicted using constitutional analysis, administrative behavior in closed nations cannot be efficiently predicted using only a reconstructed set of norms as we do not have evidence to confirm that the suppositions of normative theorists hold in these conditions. Conclusions: While we can better understand the values of administrators in North Korea through constitutional analysis, without harder evidence we can only speculate on the true values of administrators in North Korea. Points for practitionersAdministrators working on cross-national issues with closed states like North Korea should familiarize themselves with the values of the states' constitution, as this may be a stable source of preliminary norms for predicting administrators' behavior.

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Section: Institutional Power Sharing In North Koreamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Political Controls and The Dprk Bureaucracymentioning

confidence: 99%

Demystifying the Hermit Kingdom: the constitution and public administration in North Korea

Jordan

2013

International Review of Administrative Sciences

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“…Ces élites, de même que d'autres qui sont actives au sein du Parti, comptent environ 1,5 million de membres. Elles sont prioritaires lorsqu'il s'agit d'obtenir des denrées rares, un logement et des soins médicaux, mais elles doivent ces avantages au fait qu'elles contentent leurs nombreux supérieurs (Oh et Hassig, 2003).…”

Section: Le Partage Du Pouvoir Institutionnel En Corée Du Nordunclassified

“…Comme indiqué au chapitre 4, article 59, « la mission des forces armées de la République populaire démocratique de Corée est de défendre les intérêts des travailleurs, de défendre le système socialiste et les acquis de la révolution contre les agressions et de protéger la liberté, l'indépendance et la paix du pays ». Compte tenu de sa grande latitude et de la part considérable des ressources de la nation qu'elle détient, l'armée populaire coréenne (un million d'hommes et 6 millions de réservistes) est devenue la principale institution sociale et politique (Oh et Hassig, 2003).…”

Section: Les Contrôles Politiques Et La Bureaucratie De La Rpdcunclassified

Démystifier le royaume ermite : la Constitution et l'administration publique en Corée du Nord

Jordan¹,

Ip²

2013

Revue Internationale Des Sciences Administratives

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“…Defectors invariably say while they admired and revered Kim Il Sung, they are indifferent or even contemptuous of Kim Jong Il. 66 Thus the charismatic legitimacy of the younger Kim seems to be minimal, if not nonexistent. But for the time being, this seems to be more than offset by the traditional and, perhaps, to a lesser extent the rational-legal basis of his authority to rule North Korea (the traditional dimensions of Kim's legitimacy are discussed in more detail below in the section on ideology).…”

Section: Absolute Dictator and Mass Partymentioning

confidence: 99%

Kim Jong IL and North Korea: The Leader and the System

Scobell¹

2006

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North Korea: The Hardest Nut

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Demystifying the Hermit Kingdom: the constitution and public administration in North Korea

Demystifying the Hermit Kingdom: the constitution and public administration in North Korea

Démystifier le royaume ermite : la Constitution et l'administration publique en Corée du Nord

Kim Jong IL and North Korea: The Leader and the System

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