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Interaction and Conflict Management Between Local Governments and USFK

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2005, 16(1), pp.503-522
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

YANG, GIYONG 1

1부경대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper aims to figure out conflicts and to conceptualize interactions between local governments and USFK at the local level. The issues of the USFK have been discussed from the views of national and regional security. The issues need to be approached from the standpoints of the local communities, who happened to host the U.S. Forces in their regions. This paper suggests that current interaction patterns between local governments and the USFK should be changed for the new era of the alliance management. Local governments are asked to be more active to build interdependent relationship with the USFK bases. They can become more dependent upon each other through the exchange of public and social services such as sewage services, gas and electric services and emergency services collectively. Information exchange about military exercises and various local activities will be helpful in building new bilateral relationship. Cultual and volunteer activities programs and sisterhood relationship at the local levels can make it possible to understand each other much better. In order to build the cooperative relationship, above all, the USFK authorities are asked to open and institutionalize a new consultation channel to local governments.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.