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Introducing Career Transition Data on Elites in North Korea

Esther E. Song Jacob Reidhead Jeongsue Park

Abstrak

We introduce a novel dataset mapping career transitions of 505 elites in North Korea. Despite ample attention to granular data on elites, there is a lack of comprehensive information spanning state, party, military, and parastatal sectors. Granular rank and position data enable tracing intra- and inter-institutional elite transitions, opening new research avenues on North Korean elite studies and leader-elite dynamics in personalist autocracies. Exploiting within-regime threat-level variation during successions, we test hypotheses on dictators’ use of intra- versus inter-institutional elite management. We conclude with implications for new research directions in North Korean studies and authoritarianism literature.

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South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia Social Sciences

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Esther E. Song

Jacob Reidhead

Jeongsue Park

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Song, E.E., Reidhead, J., Park, J. (2025). Introducing Career Transition Data on Elites in North Korea. https://doi.org/10.1017/jea.2025.2

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Tahun Terbit: 2025
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.1017/jea.2025.2
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