List of Tavles and Figures = ix Contributors = xi Preface = xv A Note on Romanization = xixChapter 1 Introduction: A Systems Approach / Samuel S. Kim = 1 Chapter 2 The Nature, Origins, and Development of the North Korean State / Charles K. Armstrong = 39 Chapter 3 New Political Leadership / Dae-Sook Suk = 65 Chapter 4 On Patterns of Political Legitimacy in North Korea / David I. Steinberg = 87 Chapter 5 North Korea: Economy, Society, and Women / Yinhay Ahn = 115 Chapter 6 Making Sense of the DPRK Legal system / Jeong-Ho Roh = 139 Chapter 7 Negotiating Regime Survival in the Face of System Crisis / Scott Snyder = 157 Chapter 8 Making Sense of the Black Box: Hypotheses on Strategic Doctrine andthe DPRK Threat / Victor D. Cha = 177 Chapter 9 North Korea and international Law: Theory and Practice in the Post-Cold War Era / Myung-Soo Lee = 195 Chapter 10 The Future of the North Korean System / Chung-in Moon and Yongho Kim = 221 Index = 259.