NORTH KOREA'S POLICY PROCESS: Assessing Institutional Policy Preferences.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- McEachern, Patrick
- Source
- Asian Survey. May/Jun2009, Vol. 49 Issue 3, p528-552. 25p.
- Subject
- *CABINET system
*SOCIAL policy
*POLITICAL parties
*ARMED Forces
*GOVERNMENT policy
NORTH Korean politics & government
- Language
- ISSN
- 0004-4687
In this article the author examines aspects governing the formation of political and social policy in North Korea. The central focus of the article is author's contention that political power and process in the North Korean government is the result of input from a variety of sources, and is created by the interplay of the cabinet, the sole political party and the North Korean armed forces. The author determines through analysis of article and speeches that policy initiatives vary among the major organizations in North Korea.