Paragon House :: Authors :: Kim, Ilpyong J.

ILPYONG J. KIM is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut, Storrs and is a past president of the New England Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. He is an active contributor in Asian Studies for the American Political Science Association and is the author of several books including The Politics of Chinese Communism: Kiansi Under the Soviets, Communist Politics in North Korea, and Development and Cultural Change: Cross-Cultural Perspectives.

Kim, Ilpyong J.

Establishing Democratic Rule
In recent years democratization has become a global phenomenon, as authoritarian
systems have collapsed in Latin America, Eastern Europe, sub-Saharan Africa. and
East Asia. The factors that spark democratization, shape the dynamic transformation
of political systems, and effect the success of fledgling democracies have become
issues of major scholarly and political interest.

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Korean Challenges and American Policy
Korea and America have changed drastically since 1882 when a treaty of peace, amity, commerce and navigation between the Kingdom of Choson and the United States was signed.
American news media reported in the 1960s and 1970s that South Korea was the only place where the slogan "Yankee Go Home" was not seen or heard.

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Strategic Triangle, The: China, United States, and the Soviet Union
A series of events in the early 19803, among them the Soviet invasion
of Afghanistan, the U.S. boycott of the Olympics in Moscow, and the cancellation
of the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT), ushered in a new cold war.

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Two Koreas in Transition
This book examines the political, economic, and social changes occurring
on the Korean peninsula in the later part of the twentieth century. Major
events are discussed in relation to the changes in political leaders and
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