{"product_id":"troubled-transition-sang-hun-choe-9781931368285","title":"Troubled Transition: North Korea's Politics, Economy, and External Relations","description":"\u003cp\u003eKim Jong-il once declared he would transform North Korea into a \"great and powerful country\" by 2012, apparently believing that nuclear weapons would compel the international community to engage on his terms. With no such prospect in sight and Kim himself now in failing health, his regime faces a multitude of intractable problems. Kim has apparently chosen his twenty-something third son as his successor, but will North Koreans accept this inexperienced young man as their leader, and will he embrace new thinking to solve the country's problems? Why do North Korean leaders resist reform of an economic system that impoverishes the people? Can a country so dependent on outside help continue to defy the international community?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In Troubled Transition, leading international experts examine these dilemmas, offering new insights into how a troubled North Korea may evolve in light of the ways other command economies and totalitarian statesfrom the Soviet Union and East Germany to Vietnam and Chinahave transitioned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sang-Hun Choe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1931368287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931368285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.07h x 6.04w x 0.85d","brand":"Sang-Hun Choe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445898260735,"sku":"9781931368285","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8e55c92c-d1d1-4cbd-a247-d5b67f9a598b.jpg?v=1777221358","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/troubled-transition-sang-hun-choe-9781931368285","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}