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The Resource Policy and economic performance in divided Korea during the Cold War era : 1945-91, Nicholas Eberstadt

Policy and economic performance in divided Korea during the Cold War era : 1945-91, Nicholas Eberstadt

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"The Korean peninsula during the Cold War provided a cruel but historically unparalleled real-world "experiment" in the relationship between polity and material advance: an ethnically and culturally homogenous nation was, in 145, suddenly divided by an arbitrary boundary line and then subjected to two radically different and adversarial political economies for successive decades on end. Assessing the competition between the North and South Korean economies from partition to the end of the Soviet era, Nicholas Eberstadt argues that the storyline is not quite as simple as the now-prevailing narrative suggests (that centrally-planned economies are doomed to fail against market-oriented alternatives). Rather, he suggests, the race for material progress was just that: a race, the results of which were far from preordained at the outset. In Policy and Economic Performance in Divided Korea during the Cold War Era: 145-1, Eberstadt presents an impressive compilation of hard-to-find comparative data on economic performance for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (ROK, or South Korea) over two critical generations. By a number of indicators, Eberstadt argues, Kim Il Sung's North Korea actually outperformed South Korea for much of this period -- not only in the years immediately following partition, but perhaps also into the 170s. To explain these surprising results, Eberstadt details the impact of government policies on the course of growth of both economies and offers some unorthodox observations about material performance under these two contending polities. He finds that prevailing economic development theory on such issues as planned-versus-market economies, military burden, and the relationship between material advance and poverty, may require reexamination in light of the experience of the two Koreas between partition and the end of the Cold War." --Back cover
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xiii, 315 pages
Contents
  • Introduction: the experiment
  • Comparative performance of the two Korean economies: 145-1
  • Policy and economic performance in the DPRK: 145-1
  • Policy and economic performance in South Korea: 145-1
  • Summation and concluding observations
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9780844742748
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Policy and economic performance in divided Korea during the Cold War era : 1945-91
Title
Policy and economic performance in divided Korea during the Cold War era
Title remainder
1945-91
Statement of responsibility
Nicholas Eberstadt
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"The Korean peninsula during the Cold War provided a cruel but historically unparalleled real-world "experiment" in the relationship between polity and material advance: an ethnically and culturally homogenous nation was, in 145, suddenly divided by an arbitrary boundary line and then subjected to two radically different and adversarial political economies for successive decades on end. Assessing the competition between the North and South Korean economies from partition to the end of the Soviet era, Nicholas Eberstadt argues that the storyline is not quite as simple as the now-prevailing narrative suggests (that centrally-planned economies are doomed to fail against market-oriented alternatives). Rather, he suggests, the race for material progress was just that: a race, the results of which were far from preordained at the outset. In Policy and Economic Performance in Divided Korea during the Cold War Era: 145-1, Eberstadt presents an impressive compilation of hard-to-find comparative data on economic performance for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (ROK, or South Korea) over two critical generations. By a number of indicators, Eberstadt argues, Kim Il Sung's North Korea actually outperformed South Korea for much of this period -- not only in the years immediately following partition, but perhaps also into the 170s. To explain these surprising results, Eberstadt details the impact of government policies on the course of growth of both economies and offers some unorthodox observations about material performance under these two contending polities. He finds that prevailing economic development theory on such issues as planned-versus-market economies, military burden, and the relationship between material advance and poverty, may require reexamination in light of the experience of the two Koreas between partition and the end of the Cold War." --Back cover
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1955-
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Eberstadt, Nick
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index present
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non fiction
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bibliography
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  • Korea (South)
  • Korea (South)
  • Korea (South)
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Policy and economic performance in divided Korea during the Cold War era : 1945-91, Nicholas Eberstadt
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-298) and index
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volume
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Contents
Introduction: the experiment -- Comparative performance of the two Korean economies: 145-1 -- Policy and economic performance in the DPRK: 145-1 -- Policy and economic performance in South Korea: 145-1 -- Summation and concluding observations
Control code
FIEb16700946
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
xiii, 315 pages
Isbn
9780844742748
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)253638861
Label
Policy and economic performance in divided Korea during the Cold War era : 1945-91, Nicholas Eberstadt
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-298) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
Introduction: the experiment -- Comparative performance of the two Korean economies: 145-1 -- Policy and economic performance in the DPRK: 145-1 -- Policy and economic performance in South Korea: 145-1 -- Summation and concluding observations
Control code
FIEb16700946
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
xiii, 315 pages
Isbn
9780844742748
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)253638861

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