TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface --- iv
CHAPTER
1. INTRODUCTION --- 1
1.1 Purpose of Study --- 1
1.2 IR Theories and North Korea --- 3
1.3 Review of Previous Research --- 7
2. ALTERNATIVE FRAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGY --- 16
2.1 Alternative Framework --- 16
2.2 Methodology --- 31
2.3 Organization of the Book --- 45
3. FOREIGN POLICIES AS DEPENDENT VARIABLES --- 47
3.1 Brinkmanship --- 47
3.2 Conflictual Policy --- 62
4. THE FIRST NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR CRISIS --- 68
4.1 Changes in Human Needs Situation --- 68
4.2 Pyongyang's Perception of Human Needs Situation ---79
4.3 Conclusion --- 85
5. REJECTING THE SOUTH KOREAN NUCLEAR REACTOR --- 87
5.1 Changes in Human Needs Situation --- 87
5.2 Pyongyang's Perception of Human Needs Situation --- 96
5.3 Conclusion --- 102
6. THE MISSILE CRISIS --- 104
6.1 Changes in Human Needs Situation --- 104
6.2 Pyongyang's Perception of Human Needs Situation --- 112
6.3 Conclusion --- 118
7. ENGAGEMENT POLICY --- 119
7.1 Changes in Human Needs Situation --- 119
7.2 Pyongyang's Perception of Human Needs Situation --- 125
7.3 Conclusion --- 131
8 THE SECOND NUCLEAR CRISIS --- 132
8.1 Changes in Human Needs Situation --- 132
8.2 Pyongyang's Perception of Human Needs Situation --- 138
8.3 Conclusion --- 145
9 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION --- 146
9.1 Summary of Arguments --- 146
9.2 Theoretical and Policy Implications --- 150
9.3 Caveats --- 155
REFERENCES --- 157
APPENDICES --- 167
A. Data --- 167
B. On Transcription of Korean Proper Nouns into English --- 169
C. On Translation of Peculiar Korean Expressions into English --- 171
D. On North Korean Newspaper "Nodong Sinmun" --- 172