[학술논문] How Authoritarian Regimes Maintain Domain Consensus: North Korea's Information Strategies in the Kim Jong-un Era
The North Korean government of Kim Jong-un is experiencing multiple simultaneous challenges to its legitimacy, but few could be more serious than the inflow and circulation of information in society. This paper uses three case studies to specifically examine how the North Korean state is responding to this danger by actively projecting narratives of transformation: “re-defectors,” sports...
[학술논문] Legitimacy and Regime Security in North Korea: Pyongyang’s Slogan Politics
The paper attempts to approach the survival of the North Korean regime in the perspective of changing legitimation modes and ideological management by the leadership to fill in possible ‘identity vacuum’ which could possibly lead to system collapse. With a content analysis of Rodong Sinmun, the representative North Korean newspaper, this paper follows the trajectory process of legitimizing
[학술논문] 1946년 북조선 도ㆍ시ㆍ군 인민위원회 선거
...North Korea. Through these elections, the temporary local authorities became the permanent organs of the government. However, the role of these elections did not end with giving local authorities legitimacy and legality. Indeed, the provincial, municipal, and county Committee members gathered in a congress in February 1947 and composed the People’s Council and the North Korean People's Committee...
[학술논문] What Does North Korea Want from China? Understanding Pyongyang’s Policy Priorities toward Beijing
...cultural characteristics. Currently, the Sino-North Korea alliance still seems effective and valid. Whenlooking at China, North Korea does not perceive any struggle with regard tosecurity and regime legitimacy. Thus it is reasonable to assume thatPyongyang’s foreign policy toward China is mostly based on a desire for“economic prosperity.” In order to test this hypothesis, this study employs...
[학술논문] 김정은체제 정당성 원천에 관한 연구
이 연구는 정당성(legitimacy) 이론에 근거하여 이념, 체제(및 규범), 정부 효율성(국가전략) 등 세 가지 측면에서 김정은 집권 이후 북한의 변화를 체계적으로 분석하고자 했다. 2009년 이후 김정일은 카리스마형 정당성 자원이 부족한 김정은을 위해 국가권력에 대한 재편과정에 들어섰다. 첫째, 주체사상과 선군사상의 융합(이념), 둘째, 수십 년간 정체되었던 정당 시스템 재가동(권력구도), 셋째, 병진노선의 기본 틀 구성(국가전략) 등이 주 내용이다. 김정은 시대에 들어서면서 이념, 체제(규범), 전략 3자 간의 상호연계성이 보다 밀접해 졌고, 김정은 중심의 ‘유일영도체계’가 보다 공고해진 것으로 평가된다. 그러나 이념과 현실 간의 괴리, 수령제와 집단영도체제 간의 영합관계, 병진전략...