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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2009
      June 2006
      ISBN:
      9780511510496
      9780521660631
      9780521668996
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511510496
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.79kg, 422 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.573kg, 422 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Government, Politics and Policy, Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Government, Politics and Policy, Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations
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    This book explores Korea's place in terms of multiple levels and domains of interaction pertaining to foreign-policy behaviors and relations with the four regional/global powers (China, Russia, Japan, and the United States). The synergy of global transformations has now brought to an end Korea's proverbial identity and role as the helpless shrimp among whales, and both North Korea and South Korea have taken on new roles in the process of redefining and projecting their national identities. Synthetic national identity theory offers a useful perspective on change and continuity in Korea's turbulent relationships with the great powers over the years. Following a review of Korean diplomatic history and competing theoretical approaches, along with a synthetic national-identity theory as an alternative approach, one chapter each is devoted to how Korea relates to the four powers in turn, and the book concludes with a consideration of inter-Korean relations and potential reunification.

    Reviews

    "Kim has produced a work that is a must for undergraduate and graduate collections on Asia...Essential." -- Choice

    "Kim's analysis is stimulating...well-worth reading...A valuable work of scholarship that will appeal to both Koreanists and non-specialists alike."
    Timothy C. Lim, Pacific Affairs

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