Chung, Lok Wai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 254-271). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract / --- p.i / Acknowledgments/ --- p.iii / Table of Content / --- p.iv / List of Tables / --- p.ix / Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1. --- Theoretical background --- p.2 / Chapter 2. --- Research questions --- p.6 / Chapter 3. --- Explanatory Variables and Hypothesis: --- p.7 / Chapter 4. --- Main Findings --- p.9 / Chapter 5. --- Research methodology --- p.10 / Chapter 6. --- Research significance --- p.11 / Chapter 7. --- Structure of the thesis --- p.12 / Chapter Chapter One: --- Literature Review --- p.15 / Chapter 1. --- Debate between ideas and interests in International Relations --- p.16 / Chapter 1.1. --- Conceptualization --- p.17 / Chapter 1.2. --- How idea affects policy: three pathways? --- p.19 / Chapter 1.3. --- Interest matter? --- p.20 / Chapter 1.4. --- How is it formed? --- p.22 / Chapter 1.5. --- End of idealism and rationalism debate? --- p.23 / Chapter 2. --- Debate between epistemic community with other communities --- p.28 / Chapter 2.1. --- How expert group works --- p.31 / Chapter 2.1.1. --- Uncertainty --- p.31 / Chapter 2.1.2. --- Cause and effect relationships --- p.32 / Chapter 2.1.3. --- Define self-interests --- p.33 / Chapter 2.1.4. --- Formulate policy --- p.33 / Chapter 2.2. --- Difference between epistemic community with other groups --- p.33 / Chapter 2.3. --- How to affect policy --- p.35 / Chapter 2.4. --- Transnational Advocacy Network --- p.38 / Chapter 2.4.1. --- What is network --- p.38 / Chapter 2.4.2. --- What is transnationalism --- p.40 / Chapter 2.4.3. --- What is transnational advocacy network? --- p.42 / Chapter 2.4.4. --- How Transnational Advocacy Network works? --- p.44 / Chapter 2.4.5. --- What conditions do advocacy networks have influence? --- p.46 / Chapter 3. --- Application to the North Korea case --- p.47 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- North Korea Economy: General Review and Trend Development --- p.50 / Chapter 1. --- History of North Korea --- p.50 / Chapter 2. --- Overview: From 50s to 2002 --- p.52 / Chapter 1.1. --- Economic Philosophy: Juche --- p.53 / Chapter 1.2. --- 70-80s --- p.55 / Chapter 1.3. --- After the Cold War --- p.56 / Chapter 1.4. --- Famine: 1995 --- p.58 / Chapter 1.5. --- 2002 Reform --- p.58 / Chapter 1.5.1. --- Prices rising and increase in wages based on performance --- p.60 / Chapter 1.5.2. --- Enhancement of self-management of enterprises --- p.61 / Chapter 1.5.3. --- Devaluation of exchange rate --- p.62 / Chapter 1.5.4. --- Farm reform --- p.62 / Chapter 1.5.5. --- Attracting foreign direct investment --- p.63 / Chapter 3. --- North Korean Economy in 2005-2007 --- p.63 / Chapter 3.1 --- Lack of substantial changes --- p.64 / Chapter 3.1.1. --- Slow down the rapid change --- p.64 / Chapter 3.1.2. --- Focus on security/nuclear issue --- p.65 / Chapter 3.1.3. --- Adverse feedback from the July Reform --- p.67 / Chapter 3.2. --- Detrimental Economic Situation --- p.70 / Chapter 4. --- Conclusion --- p.71 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- EU-DPRK Relations: From Governmental to Non-Governmental … --- p.73 / Chapter 1. --- EU-Asia Relations: In general --- p.73 / Chapter 2. --- EU-DPRK: Historical review --- p.76 / Chapter 2.1. --- Cold War Era --- p.76 / Chapter 2.2. --- Post Cold War era --- p.78 / Chapter 2.3. --- After 9-11 --- p.80 / Chapter 3. --- EU-DPRK Relations: Governmental Level --- p.82 / Chapter 3.1. --- EU Perspective --- p.82 / Chapter 3.1.1. --- Motives --- p.82 / Chapter 3.1.2. --- Strategy: Quiet and Engagement diplomacy --- p.83 / Chapter 3.1.3. --- Political perspective --- p.85 / Chapter 3.1.3.1. --- Political dialogue --- p.85 / Chapter 3.1.3.2. --- Diplomatic recognition --- p.87 / Chapter 3.1.3.3. --- Nuclear and security problem --- p.88 / Chapter 3.1.4. --- Economic perspective --- p.89 / Chapter 3.1.4.1. --- Trade --- p.89 / Chapter 3.1.4.2. --- Economic Assistance --- p.91 / Chapter 3.1.4.3. --- Food aid --- p.91 / Chapter 3.1.4.4. --- Technological Transfer --- p.93 / Chapter 3.2. --- DPRK Perspective --- p.96 / Chapter 3.2.1. --- Motives --- p.96 / Chapter 3.2.2. --- Strategy: Pragmatic but gradually open --- p.98 / Chapter 3.2.2.1. --- Pragmatic policy --- p.98 / Chapter 3.2.2.2. --- Open Policy --- p.100 / Chapter 4. --- EU-DPRK relations: Non-Governmental Level --- p.103 / Chapter 4.1. --- NGOs and North Korea --- p.104 / Chapter 4.2. --- Humanitarian NGOs in North Korea --- p.105 / Chapter 4.2.1. --- Period: 1995-1998 --- p.106 / Chapter 4.2.2. --- Period: 1998 -1999 --- p.108 / Chapter 4.2.3. --- Period: 1998 to present --- p.110 / Chapter 4.3. --- Debate among European NGOs: Hard-landing vs. Change through Rapproachment? --- p.111 / Chapter 5. --- Conclusion --- p.114 / Chapter Chapter Four: --- Pushing the envelope: new forms of political advocacy generated by NGOs: analysis on the two EU-DPRK Workshops organized by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation --- p.116 / Chapter 1. --- FNF and the expert group generated by it --- p.117 / Chapter 1.1. --- Shared Normative and Principled Belief --- p.119 / Chapter 1.2. --- Shared Causal Belief --- p.122 / Chapter 1.3. --- Shared Notions of Validity --- p.125 / Chapter 1.4. --- A Common Policy Enterprise --- p.126 / Chapter 2. --- "Experts groups in FNF matters: How did the ideas developed, transferred and influenced the policymakers in North Korea" --- p.128 / Chapter 2.1. --- Transnational actor characteristics --- p.131 / Chapter 2.1.1. --- Participants of the expert group --- p.131 / Chapter 2.1.1.1. --- Workshop in 2004 --- p.132 / Chapter 2.1.2. --- Consensus among community members --- p.134 / Chapter 2.1.3. --- Density among members --- p.136 / Chapter 2.1.4. --- Resources of FNF --- p.137 / Chapter 2.2. --- The specific need of policy suggestion from North Korea --- p.140 / Chapter 2.2.1. --- The existence of uncertainty --- p.141 / Chapter 2.3. --- Communication Process --- p.145 / Chapter 2.3.1. --- Networking Building --- p.145 / Chapter 2.3.1.1. --- Seminar --- p.145 / Chapter 2.3.1.2. --- Study Tour/ Training seminar --- p.147 / Chapter 2.3.2. --- Channels --- p.149 / Chapter 2.3.2.1. --- Conference --- p.149 / Chapter 2.3.2.2 --- Presentation --- p.151 / Chapter 2.3.2.3. --- General Discussion and working groups --- p.152 / Chapter 2.3.2.4. --- Field Visit --- p.154 / Chapter 2.3.2.5. --- Lunch/Coffee Break and Dinner --- p.155 / Chapter 2.4. --- Institutionalization of advice --- p.155 / Chapter 2.5. --- Communication strategies --- p.158 / Chapter 2.6. --- Policies recommendation and ideas shared during the two conferences --- p.160 / Chapter 2.6.1. --- Workshop on Economic Reforms and the Development of Economic Relations between the EU and the DPRK (31 August to 4 September 2004) --- p.160 / Chapter 2.6.2. --- Second Workshop on Economic Reform and the Development of Economic Relations between the EU and the DPRK (12-14 October 2005) --- p.171 / Chapter 3. --- Conclusion --- p.188 / Chapter Chapter Five: --- The Distinctive Path of North Korean Reform and the Policy Impacts of the Expert Group --- p.190 / Chapter 1. --- Similarities between North Korea and Central and Eastern Europe --- p.190 / Chapter 2. --- From ideas to policy: What are policy impacts from the expert group to the North Korea economic reform? --- p.195 / Chapter 2.1 --- IT and software development --- p.195 / Chapter 2.1.1. --- Case one: Nosotek --- p.196 / Chapter 2.1.2. --- Case two: Pyongyang International Technology and Infrastructure Exhibition (PITIE) 2006 --- p.198 / Chapter 2.2. --- The strengthening of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs)in mining industry --- p.200 / Chapter 2.3. --- Policies to attract FDI --- p.204 / Chapter 2.4. --- Legal development --- p.205 / Chapter 2.4.1. --- Case one: Pyongyang Law Office --- p.206 / Chapter 2.4.2. --- Case two: Birindelli & Associati --- p.207 / Chapter 2.4.3. --- "Law on the Assessment of Environmental Effects in North Korea (Mar. 10, 2006)" --- p.208 / Chapter 2.5. --- Trade fairs --- p.210 / Chapter 2.5.1. --- The Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair (PAITT) 2006-2008 --- p.211 / Chapter 3. --- Conclusion --- p.212 / Conclusion: --- p.214 / Chapter 1. --- Research Implications --- p.215 / Chapter 1.1. --- Revisit the debate between scholarship and policy-making in Political Science --- p.215 / Chapter 1.1.1. --- Bridge-Building Perspective --- p.216 / Chapter 1.1.2. --- Independence Perspective --- p.218 / Chapter 1.2. --- Revisit of the theory of epistemic community and transnational advocacy network --- p.221 / Chapter 1.3. --- Re-examine the debate between shock therapy and gradualism --- p.223 / Chapter 1.4. --- Re-evaluate the importance of EU on North Korea --- p.225 / Chapter 2. --- Conclusion --- p.227 / Appendix 1: Participants of the two EU-DPRK Workshops --- p.229 / Appendix 2: Debate between shock therapy and gradualism approach in economic transformation --- p.240 / Chapter 1. --- Shock therapy --- p.241 / Chapter 1.1. --- Agent analysis --- p.242 / Chapter 1.2. --- Programs analysis --- p.243 / Chapter 1.2.1. --- Price liberalization --- p.243 / Chapter 1.2.2. --- Privatization --- p.243 / Chapter 1.2.3. --- Institutional design --- p.244 / Chapter 1.2.4. --- Monetary policy --- p.245 / Chapter 1.2.5. --- Fiscal Policy --- p.245 / Chapter 1.2.6. --- International trade --- p.246 / Chapter 1.3. --- Ideas analysis --- p.247 / Chapter 2. --- Gradualism --- p.249 / Chapter 2.1. --- Agent analysis --- p.250 / Chapter 2.2. --- Progress analysis --- p.251 / Bibliography --- p.254
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326382 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Contributors | Chung, Lok Wai., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Government and Public Administration. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, ix, 271 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | Korea (North), European Union countries, European Union countries, Korea (North), Korea (North), European Union countries, European Union countries, Korea (North) |
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