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Sung, Ki-Young (2010) Security crisis and economic interdependence : a case study of inter-Korean trade (2002-2006). PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
Abstract
Modem
security studies
have demonstrated that military
insecurity or
confrontation create crucial obstacles in trade relationships between states. Unlike this
widely accepted conclusion, the trade relationship
between the ROK
and the DPRK
from 2002 to 2006
showed a stable growth
despite increasingly hostile
political
confrontation and military tension caused by the North Korean
nuclear program. This
study analyzes under what conditions the security
instability did
not undermine
economic interdependence
and which
factors
predominantly affected the actors'
behavior by focusing on
South Korean SMEs. It
will conclude that substantial change of
inter-Korean relations after the summit talks in 2000 enabled the SMEs to continue to
engage with the DPRK under the nuclear crisis. In terms of what actually motivated
SMEs in these transactions, it will argue that South Korean businessmen's desperate
desire to took for lower-cost production provided a key driving force for them to risk the
military
instability. This study will substantiate this argument by providing a result of
structured survey of
South Korean
entrepreneurs who actually were
involved in the
inter-Korea trade in this particular period.
By
analyzing
how
security agenda and
economic interest relates each other, this study will overcome either security-dominated
or economy-centered bias in capturing the changed essence of
inter-Korean relations.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions J Political Science > JQ Political institutions (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Security, International -- Korea, Korea -- Foreign relations -- 1945-, Korea -- Foreign relations -- 21st century, Korea -- Economic conditions -- 1945-, Korea -- Economic conditions -- 21st century, Business enterprises -- Korea | ||||
Official Date: | November 2010 | ||||
Dates: |
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of Politics and International Studies | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Ferdinand, Peter ; Smith, Hazel, 1954- | ||||
Extent: | xvi, 363 leaves : charts | ||||
Language: | eng |
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