북한의 시장경제로의 이행과 체제적응력

Abstract

This study explains the relationship between new economic order(namely, a transition toward market economy) and systemic adaptability in North Korea. And I try to apply the complex system theory to explain the relationship. As a new order emerges simultaneously with the increase of disorder, North Korean socialism faces the crossroads of transition to market economy through the rapid social changes during the previous 10 years. The survival of North Korea depends on how a transition to market economy as a new phenomenon will adapt itself to the existing socialist system. In other words, Whether ongoing transition to market economy is in symbiosis with the existing socialist or not will become a crucial factor to determine the future of North Korea This study suggest the opinion that the reason which North Korea have muddled through in spite of the rapid changes of the internal and external circumstances, the isolation from international societies, and chronic famine and economic recession may be the increase of complexity of interdependence among social networks influenced by the progress of marketization and differentiation of social networks.