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Short trip and new journey on the actual conditions of the local governance

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2005, 15(4), pp.-
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

Soonchang So 1 Yoo, Jae-Won 2

1건국대학교
2한양대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article is to analyse the extent of shift in governing mode from ‘government’ to ‘governance’ in Korean local governments by dissecting the nature of networks among governments, citizens(NGO/NPO), and private enterprises in various policy actors. According to our analysis, central government and mayors are very influential in comparison to citizens(NGO/NPO) and private enterprises. Networks among various policy actors are less cooperative. Rather the governing mode of Korean local governments is vertical, hierarchical, and indeed centralized. In the era of governance, various policy actors are expected to participate in policy-making, solve local problems, and be responsible for various local policies. In actuality, however, only a few policy actors participate in local policy-making process. We suggest the following as the recipe for meeting the various requirements of governance: the policy-making process of local governments need to be transformed to networks of horizontal relationships from those of vertical relationships. It is to be noted, however, that this achievement has not yet fulfilled. This study is analyzed only by aggregate data, so it needs be supplemented by various case study, especially from a comparative perspective

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