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A policy study applied complexity concepts: focused on analyzing the cause of policy results and policy design method for policy success

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2010, 21(3), pp.249-276
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

Seog-Min Lee 1

1서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

This article intends to apply the concepts of complexity to policy studies, and particularly tries to analyze the cause of policy results(policy failure and success), using the concept of “policy fitness landscape” which originates from “fitness landscape”. For a case study, we chose the early atomic nuclear power plant policy and radioactive waste disposal facility policy, and investigated them in comparative historical method. As a result of this study, we found that the early policy fitness landscape is very simple to locate the high degree of fitness for policy practices, but policy landscape change continuously with the course of time inducing the failure of policies which could not adapt to change. In another aspect, this study seeks for relevant policy design method to succeed in policies and adapt to changing policy landscape, suggesting the social dynamics theory, developmental evaluation model, and initiative evaluation model which are grounded on complexity concepts. These theory and models indicated that the policy design and redesign through continuous developmental evaluation be needed to adapt to ever changing complexity policy environment and succeed in policy practices.

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