POLS 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Fear Mongering, Friedrich Engels, Joseph Stalin
6 Sep 2016
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North korea"s ruler of the country since 1994, kim jong-il, became ill in late 2008 and suddenly passed away december 2011. Kim jong-il"s father began transferring to him this cult of personality after publicly announcing he would pass power to his son, which allowed north korea to continue to flow. Since kim jong-il died suddenly, he was unable to transfer this cult of personality to his son, Kim jong-un, causing a potential succession crises to emerge. North korea is a totalitarian regime a type of non-democratic government that attempts to shape the interest and identities of its citizens through the uses of ideology, coercive mobilization and severe repression. This case calls attention to 2 key aspects of politics in non-democratic regimes: the relationship between state and society, and the institutions of the regime itself. Almost one in four states today still have a non-democratic form of government. Most are found in the middle east, africa and asia.
