115 research outputs found
North Korea: Fading Totalitarianism in the 'Hermit Kingdom'
North Korea is perceived by many as one of the most totalitarian societies of modern time. But in the wake of the economic collapse of the 1990s, North Korean totalitarianism has grappled with new conditions. This paper examines how the countrys totalitarian character has been upheld through the institutional changes instigated by the economic collapse and subsequent famine in the country. It strives to answer whether todays North Korea should still be characterized as a totalitarian society, and, if not, what system then governs the country
How Signifying Practices Constitute Food (In)Security: The Case of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Population et main-d'œuvre en Corée du Nord : évolution et conséquences
Eberstadt (Nicolas).- Population and Labour in North Korea: Trends and Results For nearly 30 years, no statistics were published by the government of North Korea. However, recently the results of a demographic survey of the characteristics and development of the North Korean population have been made available to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities. The information is sparse: age and sex distributions, crude birth and deaths rates, information and geographical mobility, urbanization, and sector of economic activity. However, the data are sufficient to reconstruct trends in fertility and mortality, age distributions, and total population. These are all areas of population study for which there had been virtually no information between the end of the Korean war and 1987. The most striking result is indubitably the decline in fertility which, though occuring later than in South Korea, parallels developments there. Information is also available about specific characteristics of the economically active population.Eberstadt (Nicholas).- Population et main-d'œuvre en Corée du Nord : évolution et conséquences Le silence des statistiques nord-coréennes était à peu près total depuis près de 30 ans. Il a été levé récemment, des données démographiques sur les caractéristiques et le mouvement de la population ayant été fournies au Fonds des Nations Unies pour les Activités en matière de Population. Les éléments d'information sont peu nombreux : une composition par sexe et groupe d'âge, des taux bruts de natalité et de mortalité, des renseignements sur la mobilité résidentielle, l'urbanisation et le secteur d'activité. Mais cela suffit à l'auteur pour effectuer une reconstruction plus complète des évolutions de la fécondité, de la mortalité, des effectifs et de leur répartition par âge et combler ainsi un vide presque complet, de l'armistice qui a mis fin à la guerre jusqu'à 1987. Les résultats les plus impressionnants sont sans doute la baisse de la fécondité, plus tardive et moins achevée qu'en Corée du Sud, mais parallèle, et les particularismes de la population active.Eberstadt (Nicholas). - Población y mano de obra en Corea del Nořte. Evolución y consecuencias. El silencio de las estadisticas de Corea del Norte era prácticamente total desde hace casi 30 aňos. Este silencio se ha roto recientemente, pues se han proporcionado datos demo- gráficos referentes a las carateristicas y al movimiento de la población al Fondo de las Na- ciones Unidas para las Actividades en materia de Población. Los elementos de información son escasos: una composición рог sexo y grupo de edad, tasas brutas de natalidad y de mor- talidad, informaciones sobre la movilidad residencial, la urbanización y el sector de activi- dad. Pero estas informaciones bastan al autor para efectuar una reconstrucción más compléta de las evoluciones de la fecundidad, de la mortalidad, de los efectivos y de su re- partición рог edad y llenar asi un vacio casi completo, desde el armisticio que puso fin a la guerra hasta 1987. Los resultados más impresionantes son sin dudá la baja de la fecundidad, más tardía y menos terminada que en Corea del Sur, pero paralela, y los particularismos de la población activa.Eberstadt Nicholas. Population et main-d'œuvre en Corée du Nord : évolution et conséquences. In: Population, 48ᵉ année, n°3, 1993. pp. 683-708
China’s demographic prospects to 2040 and their implications: an overview
China’s population prospects over the decades ahead are largely shaped by pro-longed sub-replacement childbearing, likely to have been in effect for half a century by 2040. China’s population is on track to peak in the coming decade and to decline at an accelerating pace thereafter. Between 2015 and 2040, China’s population aged 50 and older is on course to increase by roughly one-quarter of a billion people; the under-50 population is set to decline by a roughly comparable magnitude. China is set to experience an extraordinarily rapid surge of population aging, with especially explosive population growth for the 65-plus group, even as its working-age population (conventionally defined as the age 15–64 group) progressively shrinks. Additionally, a number of demographic changes underway now constitute “wild cards” for China’s future: including (1) the impending “marriage squeeze” due to abnormal sex ratios at birth from the one-child policy era; (2) the problem of mass urbanisation under a system that consigns migrants in urban areas to an officially inferior status; and (3) the revolutionary changes in the Chinese family structure, which portend a dramatic departure from previous arrangements on which Chinese society and economy depended.</jats:p
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