Korean Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Human Security in East Asia

   Challenges for Collaborative Action

   Edited by Sorpong Peou

   Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

   Since the end of the Cold War the number of interstate wars has remained relatively low, although whilst states may be more secure than ever this does not mean that individual human beings are too. This has led to a growing recognition of the importance of human security, in contrast to the...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. North Korea

   A Guide to Economic and Political Developments

   By Ian Jeffries

   Series: Guides to Economic and Political Developments in Asia

   There is much intense interest in North Korea at present. This partly arises from questions about Korea's nuclear capability and intentions, and about the extent to which North Korea may be viewed as 'a rogue state' or part of 'the axis of evil'. In addition, however, North Korea has recently begun...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Asia, the US and Extended Nuclear Deterrence

   Atomic Umbrellas in the Twenty-First Century

   By Andrew O'Neil

   Since the end of the Cold War, significant attention has focussed on the issue of nuclear deterrence and in particular whether formal nuclear security guarantees from nuclear weapons states to non-nuclear weapons states involving the possible use of nuclear weapons have a place in the twenty-first...

   Published March 7th 2013 by Routledge
4. De-Bordering Korea

   Tangible and Intangible Legacies of the Sunshine Policy

   Edited by Valérie Gelézeau, De Koen Ceuster, Alain Delissen

   Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

   As tensions remain on the Korean peninsula, this book looks back on the decade of improved inter-Korean relations and engagement between 1998 and 2008, now known as the ‘Sunshine Policy’ era. Moving beyond traditional economic and political perspectives, it explores how this decade of intensified...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
5. History Textbooks and the Wars in Asia

   Divided Memories

   Edited by Gi-Wook Shin, Daniel C. Sneider

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Over the past fifteen years Northeast Asia has witnessed growing intraregional exchanges and interactions, especially in the realms of culture and economy. Still, the region cannot escape from the burden of history. This book examines the formation of historical memory in four Northeast Asian...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
6. State-centric to Contested Social Governance in Korea

   Shifting Power

   By Hyuk-Rae Kim

   Series: Routledge Studies on Modern Korea

   In this interdisciplinary study of governance, Hyuk-Rae Kim traces how civil society and NGOs have evolved over time, how they differ in motivation from their Western counterparts, and the role civil society NGOs have played in consolidating democracy as the governance system in Korea changes from...

   Published January 3rd 2013 by Routledge
7. East Asia Beyond the History Wars

   Confronting the Ghosts of Violence

   By Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Morris Low, Leonid Petrov, Timothy Y. Tsu

   Series: Asia's Transformations

   East Asia is now the world’s economic powerhouse, but ghosts of history continue to trouble relations between the key countries of the region, particularly between Japan, China and the two Koreas. Unhappy legacies of Japan’s military expansion in pre-war Asia prompt on-going calls for apologies,...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Economy-Security Nexus in Northeast Asia

   Edited by T.J. Pempel

   Series: Politics in Asia

   The dynamics of Northeast Asia have traditionally been considered primarily in military and hard security terms or alternatively along their economic dimensions. This book argues that relations among the states of Northeast Asia are far more comprehensible when the mutually shaping interactions...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
9. North Korea, 2009-2012

   A Guide to Economic and Political Developments

   By Ian Jeffries

   Series: Guides to Economic and Political Developments in Asia

   North Korea continues to be a country of great concern internationally, where future developments are uncertain, especially as a result of the succession to the leadership of Kim Jong-un following the death of Kim Jong-il. It is also a country which is relatively unknown and relatively little...

   Published November 20th 2012 by Routledge
10. Sustaining Development and Growth in East Asia

    Edited by Timo Henckel

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    For several decades, fast-growing East Asia has been the envy of the developing world. Not only has East Asia outperformed all other regions of the world, but it also recovered surprisingly swiftly from the 1997–98 Asian financial crisis and the 2008–09 global financial crisis. Nevertheless,...

    Published October 2nd 2012 by Routledge