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Risk Society and Bureaucratic Responsibility: A Comparative Analysis between Sewol Ferry Disaster and MERS-CoV

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2016, 26(4), pp.379-407
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

Kim, Byong Seob 1 Kim, Jungin 2

1서울대학교
2수원대학교

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ABSTRACT

Using two risk cases(Sewol ferry disaster & MERS-CoV), this research examined types of risk based on two criteria: risk target groups and risk uncertainty & unpredictability. As a result, Sewol ferry disaster had both specific target groups and predictable risk, but MERS-CoV had both unspecific target groups and unpredicable risk. Accordingly, we need to prevent risk based on each risk characteristic and the differences in risk problems. In addition, government, in particular, bureaucrats should take responsibilities to protect risk. Moreover, they should prevent risk according to its characteristics instead of protecting uniformly it.

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