2007, Vol.14, No.1

Korea's Democratization in the 21st century and the Ideology of Center Party: Focused on the Analysis of Democratic Party's Life Politics

Goo Lee | 2007, 14(1) | pp.1~17 | number of Cited : 2

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The Evaluation for Kim Dae-jungGovernment Reform

MIN, JUNKEE | 2007, 14(1) | pp.19~31 | number of Cited : 1

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This article evaluates Kim Dae-jung Government Reform. For the evaluation, limits of the reform agenda for the domain of economy and politics, and for the policy toward North Korea, and the details of reform that were actually accomplished examined. First of all, to overcome the IMF crisis, Kim Dae-jung Government, which had the problems for the reform of unstable economy, carried out the reform of Chae-bol(財閥). But the reform of Chae-bol caused side effects by the unilateral policy that only arose not the carefully thought-out goal for a long period but the effect for a short period. Moreover, the restructuring organized by IMF policy had not only collapsed the middle-class, but also had yielded the fragile economic structure without considering the disorder of market being not regulated under the opening and democratization. Secondly, in terms of political reform, Kim Dae-jung Government could not overcome the limit of political minority and maintained the negative stance concentrating on the securement of stable constituency. So, under the name of political reform, the amendment of election system for the purpose of the stable seat-securing of ruling party had been executed. Finally, The Sunshine policy of Kim Dae-jung Government, more than anything else, had a general significance at the level of overcoming the anti-communism in South Korea and peacefully stabilizing the relation between South and North Korea. By clinging to the policy, however, the way of execution became rigid. It is evaluated that from an excess of giving undue value to the visible result, the Summit meeting, constituting the alternatives for the peaceful regime droped off sharply, and as a result of not being able to engage the conflict between the people in the South Korea, sustainable effect for the policy was declined remarkably.

The Internet Civil Movement in the Information Age

Song Kyong Jae | 2007, 14(1) | pp.33~51 | number of Cited : 1

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A study about development idea of domestic bank trust business - Mainly on Japanese growth example analysis -

Yoon-Seok Seo | 2007, 14(1) | pp.53~73 | number of Cited : 3

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A Preliminary analysis of the methodology of some textbooks on Chinese politics

KIM,YOUNG-JIN | 2007, 14(1) | pp.75~88 | number of Cited : 0

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The Social Democratic Party and the Reichstag in Wilhelm Germany (1890-1914)

Gyu-Jung Park | 2007, 14(1) | pp.89~107 | number of Cited : 1

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The purpose of this study is to illustrate the attitude of the Social Democrats toward the Reichstag in Imperial Germany. Imperial Germany consisted of the Bismarck(1808-1890) and the Wilhelm period(1890-1914). In the Bismarck period, the Social Democrats were passive and negative in the Reichstag, but the Wilhelm period, they showed active and positive activities. Namely, the attitude of the Social Democrats was changed in time. Which factors determined their attitude in this period? They were an entrance of reformist line in the Social Democratic Party and their expansion, the growth of trade unions, the improvement of status of a German Parliament(Reichstag), and the existence and activities of a catholic party(Zentrum). In Bismarck period, only small number of the Social Democrats was elected to the Reichstag, but Wilhelm period, a member of Reichstag from Social Democratic Party was increased greatly. In this situation, he reformist line of the Social Democrats had advocated that the Social Democratic Party didn't stir up yet a revolutionary upheaval, but should be a practical party which could represent the interests of the working class in Reichstag, and it was accepted in time. The trade unions that supported, were organized after 1890 and expanded greatly in the Wilhelm period. They demanded the social policy that could improve a life chance of working class. Only active and positive activities of the Social Democrats in the Reichstag could satisfy this demand. In the Bismarck period, the Reichstag had week political power. Therefore, even if a party became a majority party, he couldn't play an important political role in imperial policy. So the Social Democrats didn't take interest in the Reichstag at that time. But a political situation was changed in the Wilhelm period, and the Reichstag became one of most important constitutional institution in Imperial Germany. So the Social Democrats that held many seats couldn't give up an active and positive activities in this institution. The Zentrum as a catholic party was one of most important parties in the Wilhelm period that determined an imperial policy. At that the Zentrum tried to improve the life of worker, so a part of worker was supporting this party. Because of this situation, the Social Democratic Party as a labor party had to compete against the Zentrum in election for the Reichstag. In order to gain the support of working class, the Social Democrats had to bend over backward to meet the worker's demand, and the demand was active and positive activities in the Reichstag.

Response of Management to the Changesin Consumer Trends and Economic Changes in Korea

Kian Park | 2007, 14(1) | pp.109~124 | number of Cited : 1

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Consumer trend is considered as the most important factors, which strongly influences quality of life and standard of living. Goods and services, which comprise consumer trend, could be a reflection of a response of management according to a change of economic environments. This paper is to identify the changes of consumer trends and response of management to the changes. This identification would be through the hit items and the consumer attitude against the hit‐items implemented. Hit‐items, which are regarded as a reflex of the consumer sentiment, play a roll as an advance notice of consumer’s demand. So as a managerial response to consumer trends shall be described with an example of hit‐items. The first analysis showed that people's perceptions of their current spending level closely correlated with their actual spending behavior. Spending behavior would be displayed in the preferred items, so‐called, hit‐items. The hit products described evidently reflect consumers' interest. As far as consumption features are concerned, quality‐valued consumption culture, rather than price, is widely diffused. They focused most on brand, price and quality when making a purchase decision. In relation to the preferred brands’ features, all income brackets prefer the brands of practical image. Nowadays more and more consumers go for usefulness, rather than pricey things. The new consumer trend has three keywords, i.e. reasonableness, customization, simplicity. In accordance with consumer trends, Korean companies have concentrated their resources to strengthening competitiveness in the non‐price areas such as product quality, design and branding. They have added more value to their products by swiftly releasing sophisticated products reflecting needs of consumers, upgrading design and raising brand profile. A corporate strategy is based on gaining a “differential competition position” rather than pursuing “operational effectiveness” has been stressed. Correspondingly, the creation of quality brands is a way to gain a “differential competition position” and top‐hit brands can be regarded as appropriate response to consumer trend.

Determinants of National Informatization: A Cross-country Analysis

Lee, Chung-Ki | 2007, 14(1) | pp.125~142 | number of Cited : 0

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A Study on the Failure of Merchant Banks: Based on Questionnaire and Interviews

Il-Hyun Yoon | 2007, 14(1) | pp.143~173 | number of Cited : 1

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