Research Catalog

Title

Korea in the 1990s : prospects for unification / edited by Steven W. Mosher.

Publication

New Brunswick, N.J., U.S.A. : Transaction Publishers, ©1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

Mosher, Steven W.

Description

vii, 101 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"For the first time since the conclusion of the Korean Civil War--which branched out to include the United States as a key player in a solution based on partition--the issue of Korean reunification is on the diplomatic, political, and economic agenda. To be sure, the very issue of which elements come first in such a move are themselves part of the strategies and tactics of both sides of the Korean geographical divide."--BOOK JACKET. "In this volume, leading experts come together to discuss this issue in a careful and reasoned manner. With the reunification of Germany now underway, a great deal of attention is being paid to the Korean efforts in the same direction. While the disintegration of world communism is a necessary condition for reunification, the consensus is that such a development is not a sufficient condition."--BOOK JACKET. "Hy-Sang Lee and Kihwan Kim examine those structural and tactical factors that inhibit economic cooperation, despite past windows of opportunities in such a consensual direction. Kwang Soo Choi, Kyongsoo Lho, and Yong-Sup Han look at the security concerns of both North and South Korea. While each displays a different emphasis and argues for a different timetable, they all point to the same factors at work moving toward reunification. The essays on political issues by Kong Dan Oh and Steven Mosher are unique in their emphasis on how political communication and scholarly exchanges serve as strategies of rapprochement and democratization."--BOOK JACKET. "The concern of Korea in the 1990s is not simply to argue the case for or against reunification of Korea, but the need to move forward in such a way as to safeguard a democratic future for the South and open up the tragically closed and stagnant society created in the North. In this regard, the contributors examine a variety of foreign as well as domestic policy concerns that need to be cleared away as a prelude to reunification. This is a serious effort, well worth the attention of Asian area experts, international policy researchers, and students of political systems and economic structures alike."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Korean reunification question (1945- )
• Kongress
• Wiedervereinigung
• North Korea
• South Korea
• Reunification
• Pomona (NY, 1990)
• Nordkorea
• Südkorea
• Korea

Note

• Based on a conference entitled, "Korean Reunification: Problems and Prospects" held on February 28, 1990 at the California Polytechnic State University at Pomona.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Trade, foreign investment, and economic pluralization : the case of North Korea. Introduction : Korea in a changing world / Steven W. Mosher -- Inter-Korean economic cooperation : realities and possibilities / Hy-Sang Lee -- North-south economic cooperation : past experiences and future possibilities / Kim Kihwan -- Security issues between North and South Korea. Korean unification : problems and future prospects / Kwang Soo Choi -- Prospects for confidence-building and arms-control measures in the Korean Peninsula / Kyongsoo Lho -- Conventional arms control on the Korean Peninsula : implications for stability / Yong-Sup Han -- Political issues : cultural and scholarly exchanges with North Korea. Inter-Korean relations and the strategy of rapprochement / Kong Dan Oh -- Promoting democracy in North Korea / Steven W. Mosher.

ISBN

• 1560000104
• 9781560000105

LCCN

91028061

OCLC

• ocm24212123
• 24212123
• SCSB-1945519

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library