1st Edition
Human Rights Discourse in North Korea Post-Colonial, Marxist and Confucian Perspectives
By Jiyoung Song
Copyright 2011
236 Pages
23 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
23 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
23 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This unique book examines the conceptual development of human rights in North Korea from historical, political and cultural perspectives.
Dr Jiyoung Song explains how North Korea has understood the concepts of human rights in its public documents since its independence from Japan in 1945. Through active campaigns and international criticism, foreign governments and non-governmental... Read more
Introduction Chapter 1 The Evolution Of International Human Rights Chapter 2 Late Chosun Philosophies And Human Rights Chapter 3: Post-Colonial People’s Rights: 1945–48 Chapter 4 The Marxist Rights Thinking Of The Dprk Chapter 5 Human Rights In Juche Ideology Chapter 6 ‘Our Style’ Of Human Rights Conclusion
Biography
Dr Jiyoung Song is a research associate at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford, UK, and consultant for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
