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한국의 정치-행정 맥락의 분석

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2009, 20(3), pp.17-39
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

Jongsoo Lee 1

1한성대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper explores the context of politics-administration relations in Korean political system. To identify key issues associated with the relationship between politics and administration, this study has examined the characteristics of diverse models of political-administrative relations. Five issues are identified. Those are the principle of political supremacy and the problem of control, the problems of partisan neutrality and policy neutrality, political interference in public personnel administration. job security of bureaucrats, and the problem of bureaucracy and democracy. Korean bureaucracy has changed from 'autonomous administrators model' to 'responsive administrators model' after democratization of 1990s. As the need for more responsiveness increases, the bases of policy neutrality and autonomy of bureaucrats have been withered. To improve the performance and accountability of bureaucracy in a democratic government, neutral competence of professional staff agencies should be recognized, immoderate political interference should be refrained, and the term of office must be observed. To sum up, Korean political system should seek new balance between politics and administration to resolve the bureaucracy problem in a democratic society.

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