@article{ART001241006},
author={Sunmi Lee},
title={Residents Self-Governing Center for Local Community Building?},
journal={Civil Society and NGO},
issn={1599-8568},
year={2005},
volume={3},
number={1},
pages={173-205}
TY - JOUR
AU - Sunmi Lee
TI - Residents Self-Governing Center for Local Community Building?
JO - Civil Society and NGO
PY - 2005
VL - 3
IS - 1
PB - The Third Sector Institute
SP - 173
EP - 205
SN - 1599-8568
AB - The aim of this study is to explore the question, whether the Residents Self-Governing Centers (RSGCs) in Korea play a positive role for facilitating ‘local community’. This study starts from the premise that one of key functions of RSGCs is the democratic self-governing of residents at local level: RSGCs is a quasi-administrative agency, but also expected to function as a public communication space, which helps the residents to redefine their identities through face-to-face interactions. Theoretically, the author defines three main conditions for local community as a key ‘project identity’ in the network society: civility, participation as citizenship right, and networking. The results of empirical study on the organizational and operational aspect of the RSGCs in Korea show that the RSGCs is not likely to facilitate the building of local community: Neither the education of civility through democratic, reciprocal interactions, nor equal participation of residents, nor weak networking is guaranteed at the level of the organization of the RSGCs. Consequently, the author suggests that theses organizational and operational barriers of the RSGCs against community building must be demolished.
KW - local community;Residents Self-Governing Centers;civility;citizen participation;social capital;network
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Sunmi Lee. (2005). Residents Self-Governing Center for Local Community Building?. Civil Society and NGO, 3(1), 173-205.
Sunmi Lee. 2005, "Residents Self-Governing Center for Local Community Building?", Civil Society and NGO, vol.3, no.1 pp.173-205.
Sunmi Lee "Residents Self-Governing Center for Local Community Building?" Civil Society and NGO 3.1 pp.173-205 (2005) : 173.
Sunmi Lee. Residents Self-Governing Center for Local Community Building?. 2005; 3(1), 173-205.
Sunmi Lee. "Residents Self-Governing Center for Local Community Building?" Civil Society and NGO 3, no.1 (2005) : 173-205.
Sunmi Lee. Residents Self-Governing Center for Local Community Building?. Civil Society and NGO, 3(1), 173-205.
Sunmi Lee. Residents Self-Governing Center for Local Community Building?. Civil Society and NGO. 2005; 3(1) 173-205.
Sunmi Lee. Residents Self-Governing Center for Local Community Building?. 2005; 3(1), 173-205.
Sunmi Lee. "Residents Self-Governing Center for Local Community Building?" Civil Society and NGO 3, no.1 (2005) : 173-205.
