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Citizen Participation and Volunteering in the Sewol Ferry Disaster

  • Civil Society and NGO
  • 2015, 13(1), pp.5~38
  • Publisher : The Third Sector Institute
  • Research Area : Social Science > Social Science in general > Other Social Science in general

Sungsoo Joo 1

1한양대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study is aimed to analyze the factors affecting the various types of citizen participation activities in the Sewol Ferry Disaster : giving, demonstration, signing, visit public funeral, volunteering for victim families, volunteering for help, tie yellow ribbon, SNS activities. With the literature review of ‘critical citizen’and civic volunteerism model of participation motivation, capabilities and networks, this study conducted an empirical analysis. Utilizing the data set of Gallup Korea’s national survey conducted during the period of August 24 and October 7, the logit regression analysis confirms that different types of organization membership, government distrust are the major independent factors affecting the participation activities. Membership variables of humanitarian, religious organizations and internet caffe are found to be significant at 0.01 level, and membership variables of school alumni, school meeting, art and cultural associations at 0.05 level. And the adding those government distrust variables and socioeconomic status variables of age, education and income does not reduce the independent effects of membership variables.

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