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The ‘Rationality’ of Water Policy in Korea: focusing on dam policy

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2005, 16(1), pp.253-274
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

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ABSTRACT

The objective of this study is to analyze the water resource policy in Korea with the concept of 'rationality'. Many studies have investigated water resource policy a variety of aspects on policy failure, conflict management, privatization, economic analysis, governance, water right, demand management etc. However, few studies have analyzed the history of water resource policy in Korea. I asserted that there was a crack between ’present rationality‘ and ’prospective rationality‘ in dam policy in Korea. Concretely, excessive formation of developmental coalition and removal of residents who live immerse area in dam policy were presented in irrationality outcome in modernization process. The implication from the analysis is as follows: we recognized the evil of simple modernization and transferred the virtue of reflexive modernization or ecological modernization.

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