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@article{ART000992002},
author={Kim Seong Soo},
title={An analysis of the relation between minister and senior civil servants in Korea},
journal={Korean Society and Public Administration},
issn={1225-8652},
year={2006},
volume={16},
number={4},
pages={1-22}

TY - JOUR
AU - Kim Seong Soo
TI - An analysis of the relation between minister and senior civil servants in Korea
JO - Korean Society and Public Administration
PY - 2006
VL - 16
IS - 4
PB - Seoul Association For Public Administration
SP - 1
EP - 22
SN - 1225-8652
AB - This paper analyses the relation between minister and senior civil servants in Korea, using a case study on the policy of Government Research Institute(GRI case) in the Ministry of Science and Technology of Kim Dae Jung's government. Based on the two assumptions that Parliamentary and Presidential systems have a different understanding on the relation between politics and administration, and also that the Korean system shows a mixed feature of the two systems, this study analyses the GRI case from the viewpoint of ministerial responsibility and bureaucratic autonomy, which are useful notions in comparing the two systems. The GRI case shows a dramatic, reverse change of policy in just one term of a government and a great part of the policy change can be explained by the change of ministers, implying minister's dominance on the civil servants. Regarding theoretical implications, two points are discussed: firstly, the need to assure ministerial responsibility in policy making and secondly, the importance of bureaucratic autonomy to defend rational decision making. The minister's task is to control bureaucratic resistance to reform measures in order to manage administration more efficiently. The civil servants need to develop policy network to win external advocates in terms of expertness and rationality.
KW - minister;senior civil servants;ministerial responsibility;bureaucratic autonomy;science and technology policy]
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Kim Seong Soo. (2006). An analysis of the relation between minister and senior civil servants in Korea. Korean Society and Public Administration, 16(4), 1-22.

Kim Seong Soo. 2006, "An analysis of the relation between minister and senior civil servants in Korea", Korean Society and Public Administration, vol.16, no.4 pp.1-22.

Kim Seong Soo "An analysis of the relation between minister and senior civil servants in Korea" Korean Society and Public Administration 16.4 pp.1-22 (2006) : 1.

Kim Seong Soo. An analysis of the relation between minister and senior civil servants in Korea. 2006; 16(4), 1-22.

Kim Seong Soo. "An analysis of the relation between minister and senior civil servants in Korea" Korean Society and Public Administration 16, no.4 (2006) : 1-22.

Kim Seong Soo. An analysis of the relation between minister and senior civil servants in Korea. Korean Society and Public Administration, 16(4), 1-22.

Kim Seong Soo. An analysis of the relation between minister and senior civil servants in Korea. Korean Society and Public Administration. 2006; 16(4) 1-22.

Kim Seong Soo. An analysis of the relation between minister and senior civil servants in Korea. 2006; 16(4), 1-22.

Kim Seong Soo. "An analysis of the relation between minister and senior civil servants in Korea" Korean Society and Public Administration 16, no.4 (2006) : 1-22.