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The Impact of Uncertain Administrative Environment on the Public Perception of the Government’s Role

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2019, 30(1), pp.55-76
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration
  • Received : April 2, 2019
  • Accepted : May 27, 2019

Son Sun Hwa 1 Eom,Young Ho 2 Park, Iljoo 3

1연세대학교
2연세대학교 행정학과
3연세대학교 미래정부연구센터

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ABSTRACT

This study empirically analyzed whether the public perception of the uncertain administrative environment affects the expectation of government expansion. It is likely for the public to expect the functions and the scope of the government expanded according to the perceived seriousness of the problems, such as those derived from the environment, society, economy and politics, and the perceived threats to international issues such as inter-state problems, transnational issues. Survey data were used to examine how their expectations differed according to their perceptions of domestic or foreign affairs. Findings indicate that the severe recognition of intergovernmental and transnational issues in South Korea had a statistically significant effect on the expectation that the government should be expanded while the serious recognition of environmental, social, economic, and political problems in domestic context did not. Also, they were likely to think that the government should be expanded when they believe the government was well capable of the function or their willingnesses to accept the policy were strong. The results suggest that the publics’ seriousness recognition of international problems can affect their expectations of governmental expansion.

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