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A Comparative Study on Deliverative Citizen Participation and Alternative Dispute Resolution: In the Case of 'Energy Policy Consensus Conference' and 'Han-Tan River Mediation Committee'

  • Civil Society and NGO
  • 2005, 3(1), pp.143~171
  • Publisher : The Third Sector Institute
  • Research Area : Social Science > Social Science in general > Other Social Science in general

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1시민과학센터

ABSTRACT

This article presents ‘relevancy’ and ‘effectiveness’ as criteria to assess the approaches of social conflict resolution and applies it in recent Korean society. Followings are the findings of this study. First, as it is getting difficult to resolve social conflict through bureaucratic approach, political determination and judicial method are getting popular in stead. However, they could not restore trusts, increase social capacity, and prevent further social conflicts. Second, ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) method has following advantages: if all stakeholders come to an agreement, it could resolve conflict completely and restore trust among them. It is relevant to a conflict where the boundary of parties concerned is clear, a conflict of interests, and a conflict among non-governmental actors. Although ‘Deliberative Citizen Participation‘ has some disadvantages (for example, one can not completely resolve conflict by the participation approach), it has several advantages: effects of restoring trust, increasing social capacity, and preventing further social conflicts. It is relevant to a conflict where the boundary of stakeholders is unclear, a conflict of values, a conflict in which governmental actors are concerned. Finally, applying irrelevant approach(ADR) was the main cause of the failure of Hantan-River Dam dispute settlement. Since it was a conflict of values and a conflict where government was concerned and the boundary of stakeholders is unclear, Deliberative Citizen Participation approach would have been more relevant. Applying irrelevant method is more common when one is focused on quick settlement of conflict.

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