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Paved with Good Intentions: The NGO Experience in North Korea
by L. Gordon Flake (Editor), Scott Snyder (Editor)
Following disastrous floods in 1995, North Korea appealed to the international community for assistance. An unprecedented number of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) responded, bringing humanitarian assistance and reflief. With their arrival came hopes for a more open, engaged North Korea.
The authors of Paved with Good Intentions explore the varying experiences of U.S., South Korean, and European NGOs―and some of the obstacles that have placed those hopes on hold. Intended to assist policy makers, the NGO community, and others interested in engaging North Korea, Paved With Good Intentions is the first book to take an inside look at the NGO experience in North Korea.
Through this study of humanitarian relief activities in North Korea, the authors shed light on what is arguably the world's most inaccessible and closed nation. Experts in their field, the authors have spent considerable time in North Korea and are in a position to analyze the experiences of NGOs there. The book begins with a look at the humantitarian response to the disastrous 1995 floods in North Korea. It was the first practical opportunity to learn about North Korea and its internal structure, organization, and intentions. A unique compilation of the results of numerous in-depth interviews and workshop discussions, the study examines and compares the responses and differing experiences of U.S., European, and South Korean NGOs in North Korea.
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Editorial Reviews
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"This book should be an eye-opener for those who have followed events related to North Korea from a distance....NGOs operating in North Korea have confronted serious political and administrative constraints, but the overall picture is one of persistance in a frustrating job that is making an important contribution in terms of human lives and ultimately regional security."-The Journal of Asian Studies
"This timely volume is filled with penetrating insights into the complex interplay between the DPRK, the NGOs, and the NGOs' home governments, and is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the Korean peninsula today."-Marcus Noland, Senior Fellow Institute for International Economics
"This is a balanced and hard-nosed assessment of an ongoing struggle that reveals both the best and the worst sides of human nature. The book also sheds revealing light on the differing approaches and objectives of NGOs from Europe, South Korea and the United States."-Donald P. Gregg, Chairman The Korea Society
"This is the book I have been waiting for....[It] crystallizes the dilemma of all engagement with the DPRK. Are we helping the people on the ground right now, and hopefully promoting peace long-term?...For students of North Korea, this book will be indispensable. It will also be valuable for all involved in humanitarian and development aid, as a case study of a unique environment...."-Aidan Foster-Carter, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea Leeds University
Through this study of humanitarian relief activities in North Korea, the authors shed light on what is arguably the world's most inaccessible and closed nation. Experts in their field, the authors have spent considerable time in North Korea and are in a position to analyze the experiences of NGOs there. The book begins with a look at the humantitarian response to the disastrous 1995 floods in North Korea. It was the first practical opportunity to learn about North Korea and its internal structure, organization, and intentions. A unique compilation of the results of numerous in-depth interviews and workshop discussions, the study examines and compares the responses and differing experiences of U.S., European, and South Korean NGOs in North Korea.
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Editorial Reviews
Review
"This book should be an eye-opener for those who have followed events related to North Korea from a distance....NGOs operating in North Korea have confronted serious political and administrative constraints, but the overall picture is one of persistance in a frustrating job that is making an important contribution in terms of human lives and ultimately regional security."-The Journal of Asian Studies
"This timely volume is filled with penetrating insights into the complex interplay between the DPRK, the NGOs, and the NGOs' home governments, and is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the Korean peninsula today."-Marcus Noland, Senior Fellow Institute for International Economics
"This is a balanced and hard-nosed assessment of an ongoing struggle that reveals both the best and the worst sides of human nature. The book also sheds revealing light on the differing approaches and objectives of NGOs from Europe, South Korea and the United States."-Donald P. Gregg, Chairman The Korea Society
"This is the book I have been waiting for....[It] crystallizes the dilemma of all engagement with the DPRK. Are we helping the people on the ground right now, and hopefully promoting peace long-term?...For students of North Korea, this book will be indispensable. It will also be valuable for all involved in humanitarian and development aid, as a case study of a unique environment...."-Aidan Foster-Carter, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea Leeds University
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L. GORDON FLAKE is Executive Director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation.
SCOTT SNYDER is a Representative of the Asia Foundation, South Korea.
Product details
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Praeger (August 30, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0275981576
ISBN-13: 978-0275981570
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.4 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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Biography
Scott Snyder is senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where he served as an adjunct fellow from 2008 to 2011. He served as the project director for the CFR's Independent Task Force on policy toward the Korean Peninsula in 2009-2010. He is based in Washington, DC, and writes for CFR's blog, “Asia Unbound.”
Prior to joining CFR, Scott Snyder was Director of the Center for U.S.-Korea Policy at The Asia Foundation and a Senior Associate at Pacific Forum CSIS.
L. GORDON FLAKE is Executive Director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation.
SCOTT SNYDER is a Representative of the Asia Foundation, South Korea.
Product details
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Praeger (August 30, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0275981576
ISBN-13: 978-0275981570
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.4 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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Biography
Scott Snyder is senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where he served as an adjunct fellow from 2008 to 2011. He served as the project director for the CFR's Independent Task Force on policy toward the Korean Peninsula in 2009-2010. He is based in Washington, DC, and writes for CFR's blog, “Asia Unbound.”
Prior to joining CFR, Scott Snyder was Director of the Center for U.S.-Korea Policy at The Asia Foundation and a Senior Associate at Pacific Forum CSIS.
He lived in Seoul, South Korea as Korea Representative of The Asia Foundation during 2000-2004. He has also served as a Program Officer in the Research and Studies Program of the U.S. Institute of Peace, and as Acting Director of The Asia Society's Contemporary Affairs Program.
Snyder received his B.A. from Rice University and an M.A. from the Regional Studies East Asia Program at Harvard University. He was the recipient of a Pantech Visiting Fellowship at Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center during 2005-2006, received an Abe Fellowship, administered by the Social Sciences Research Council, in 1998-99, and was a Thomas G. Watson Fellow at Yonsei University in South Korea in 1987-88.
Mr. Snyder is the editor of The U.S.-South Korea Alliance: Meeting New Security Challenges (forthcoming 2012, Lynne Rienner Publishers) and the author of China's Rise and the Two Koreas: Politics, Economics, Security (2009). Other publications include Paved With Good Intentions: The NGO Experience in North Korea (2003), co-edited with L. Gordon Flake and Negotiating on the Edge: North Korean Negotiating Behavior (1999).
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Mr. Snyder is the editor of The U.S.-South Korea Alliance: Meeting New Security Challenges (forthcoming 2012, Lynne Rienner Publishers) and the author of China's Rise and the Two Koreas: Politics, Economics, Security (2009). Other publications include Paved With Good Intentions: The NGO Experience in North Korea (2003), co-edited with L. Gordon Flake and Negotiating on the Edge: North Korean Negotiating Behavior (1999).
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