Dae-Sook Suh is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Hawaii and former director of the Center for Korean Studies there. He is the author of The Korean Communist Movement, 1918-48. Chae-Jin Lee, Bank of America Professor of Pacific Basin Studies and professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, is the author of Communist China's Policy toward Laos. Contributors include James B. Palais, Chong Lim Kim, Byong-Kyu Woo, Bae-Ho Hahn, Ha-Ryong Kim, Dong-Suh Bark, Sung-Chick Hong, Young Ho Lee, Chong-Sik Lee, and Glenn D. Paige.

Introduction
Part One | Traditional Perspectives
1. Political Leadership in the Yi Dynasty, by James B. Palais
Part Two | Institutional Context of Leadership
2. Legislative Leadership and Democratic Development, by Chong Lim Kim and Byong-Kyu Woo
3. Party Bureaucrats and Party Development, by Bae-Ho Hahn and Ha-Ryong Kim
Part Three | Bureaucratic Elite and Popular Perceptions
4. Bureaucratic Elite and Development Orientations, by Dong-Suh Bark and Chae-Jin Lee
5. Popular Perceptions of Political Leadership, by Sung-Chick Hong and Young Ho Lee
Part Four | Political Leadership in the Communist System
6. Communist Party Leadership, by Dae-Sook Suh
7. The 1972 Constitution and Top Communist Leaders, by Chong-Sik Lee
Part Five | Concluding Observations
8. Toward a Theory of Korean Political Leadership Behavior, by Glenn D. Paige
Appendix: Toward a Political Leadership Profile for a Changing Society, by Glenn D. Paige
Index

Edited by Dae-Sook Suh and Chae-Jin Lee