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Social Capital in North Korea: Shadow Economy, Shared Norms and Social Networks

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Comparative Political Studies

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Abstract

Comparative Political Studies, Volume 59, Issue 9, Page 1826-1856, August 2026.
Since the collapse of the command economy in the 1990s, North Korea has experienced profound changes driven by bottom-up marketization. This paper examines the impact of informal marketization on “social capital” (defined as shared norms and social ...