New approaches to North Korean politics after reunification:the search for a common Korean identity

Abstract

Whilst most of the literature focusing on the Korean peninsula has concentrated on how to achieve unification through confidence-building measures, dialogues, negotiation and diplomacy, little attention has been paid to how a unified Korean identity, a core component of any potential reunification scheme could develop and be sustained. The paper addresses this gap by: (1) defining what national identity is, and how Korean identities have been formed, (2) outlining how both South and North Korea have understood and used the concept of national identity, (3) suggesting possible grounds on which the two Koreas could build a new, common national identity.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2014.04.008
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Politics, History and International Relations
College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Aston Centre for Europe
Additional Information: © 2014, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Uncontrolled Keywords: nation-building,national identify,North Korea,reunification,South Korea,Development,Sociology and Political Science
Publication ISSN: 1873-6920
Last Modified: 23 Feb 2024 08:08
Date Deposited: 12 May 2015 12:35
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2014-06
Published Online Date: 2014-05-10
Authors: Grzelczyk, Virginie (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-9802-7161)

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