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Master of persuasion: Brian Mulroney’s global legacy
Canadian Foreign Policy Journal Pub Date : 2019-08-16 , DOI: 10.1080/11926422.2019.1647860
Nelson Michaud 1
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derived from second-hand sources. These later chapters do provide considerable information of interest regarding his rule, but lack the insight into Kim Jong’s personality present in the earlier sections of the book. This issue is largely due to the dearth of accessible information from within North Korea, rather than with the book itself. In a sense, one of the main flaws of The Great Successor is that it is still somewhat too early to be a comprehensive biography of Kim Jong Un. Fifield also draws on scholarship regarding regime type to explain Kim Jong Un’s decision-making in a manner that remains accessible to casual readers. In particular, she cites Bruce Bueno de Mesquita’s selectorate theory in explaining how he has retained power despite North Korea being heavily sanctioned. In short, Kim Jong Un is viewed as a small coalition leader whose continued rule relies on rewarding party and military supporters to give them a stake in his reign (p. 129). Encouraging economic liberalization and development is thus not intended to improve average North Korean living standards, but to ensure that members of the upper class, particularly fellow millennials, continue to enjoy various luxuries in exchange for their continued support. Fifield’s analysis here is especially strong, and the book could easily be recommended as a case study of selectorate theory. In conclusion, there is much to recommend about The Great Successor to a variety of audiences. More casual readers who lack a background in studying North Korea and policymakers will find it appealing as an accessible primer on an otherwise opaque state with a disproportionately large impact on the international stage. Academic readers, particularly those studying governance or nuclear weapons, are likely to appreciate the significant detail devoted to those issues in the book. While the biographical elements are stronger in the early chapters of the book, The Great Successor remains a worthwhile read.

中文翻译:

说服大师:Brian Mulroney 的全球遗产

来自二手资源。这些后面的章节确实提供了有关他的统治的大量有趣信息,但缺乏对本书前面部分中出现的金正人格的洞察。这个问题主要是由于缺乏来自朝鲜内部的可访问信息,而不是这本书本身。从某种意义上说,《伟大的继承者》的主要缺陷之一是,现在将金正恩的全面传记还为时过早。Fifield 还利用有关政权类型的学术研究,以一种普通读者仍然可以理解的方式来解释金正恩的决策。她特别引用了布鲁斯·布埃诺·德·梅斯基塔 (Bruce Bueno de Mesquita) 的选择权理论来解释他如何在朝鲜受到严厉制裁的情况下仍保有权力。简而言之,金正恩被视为一个小联盟领导人,他的持续统治依赖于奖励政党和军事支持者,让他们在他的统治中获得利益(第 129 页)。因此,鼓励经济自由化和发展并不是为了提高朝鲜的平均生活水平,而是为了确保上层阶级,特别是千禧一代,继续享受各种奢侈品,以换取他们的持续支持。Fifield 在这里的分析特别强,这本书很容易被推荐为选择理论的案例研究。总之,有很多关于伟大的继承者的推荐给各种观众。更多缺乏研究朝鲜和政策制定者背景的普通读者会发现,它作为一本通俗易懂的入门读物,对一个在国际舞台上具有不成比例的巨大影响的不透明国家很有吸引力。学术读者,尤其是那些研究治理或核武器的读者,可能会欣赏书中专门针对这些问题的重要细节。虽然本书前几章的传记元素更加强烈,但《伟大的继承者》仍然值得一读。
更新日期:2019-08-16
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