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A New Concept of “Kim Jong Un Partizan” Discourse and Authoritarian Durability in North Korea

open access: yesPacific Focus, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How does the North Korean regime secure elite loyalty without institutional transparency or material redistribution? While existing studies have examined the use of Partizan narratives under Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, this paper argues that Kim Jong Un introduces a significant discursive shift: the invention of “Kim Jong Un Partizans.” This ...
Sohee Hwang
wiley   +1 more source

REFORMS AND EFFICIENCY CHANGE IN TRANSITION AGRICULTURE

open access: yes
Studies on efficiency changes in transition agriculture yield mixed results. This paper develops both a theoretical model of efficiency changes during transition and uses a unique set of representative farm survey data to assess efficiency changes during
Swinnen, Johan F.M., Vranken, Liesbet
core   +1 more source

Trust in Regulation in a Time of Revolution

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines trust in regulation as a core value and precondition of the modern liberal democratic regulatory state. It develops a concept of justified trust in regulation, grounded in regulatory trustworthiness—honesty, competence, and reliability—rather than in proxies such as partisan loyalty, blind faith, obedience, or resignation.
Cristie Ford
wiley   +1 more source

The Mental Health of the Young in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We report on the wellbeing of the young in twenty‐eight countries located in Eastern Europe and Central Asia including fifteen post‐Soviet countries. We find no evidence of the decline in the mental health of the young relative to older people, which characterizes Western Europe and English‐speaking advanced economies. The mental health of the
David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson
wiley   +1 more source

Utopia Remembers: The Soviet Past in the Imagined Communist Future

open access: yesThe Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract After a twenty‐five‐year hiatus, the reappearance of utopian literature in 1957 prompted Soviet literary watchdogs to corral the subgenre into an ideologically‐acceptable mold. A key requirement was for future generations to be depicted as reverently commemorating the past.
Antony Kalashnikov
wiley   +1 more source

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