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This chapter explains the growth and influence of business associations on policy analysis in Korea through institutional analysis of business associations and an examination of specific policy examples. The analysis focuses on three kinds of business associations. The first is business associations from conglomerates, or chaebols, which includes the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) and Korea Employer’s Federation (KEF). The second is business associations that represent small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The biggest of these is the Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ), which has been empowered by policies to support SMES in order to remedy Korea’s excessive dependence on chaebols. The third is business associations from specific industries, which represent specific interests of each industry. This chapter shows the changing nature and role of business associations in the policymaking process over decades.
This chapter introduces the social enterprise policy in Korea. The policy design of the social enterprise in Korea can be characterised by the top-down policy aiming at taking advantage of social enterprise as a tool to achieve its hidden goal, that is, relieving jobless growth problem. The intention of the government was reflected in designing the approval system. The chapter begins with a brief history of social enterprise policy in Korea, then the discussion follows to answer the question, ‘for what is the social enterprise used?’ Under the New Public Management (NPM) paradigm, the policy analysis was contained to the short-term output performance, which made social enterprise not as a vehicle to achieve long-term sustainability but as a tool to achieve short-term performance.
The industrialisation and modernisation in South Korea that followed the Second World War resulted in rapid progress in economic development, public administration, social service provision and the establishment of modern public policy.
Bringing together outstanding researchers, this book is the first to examine the theory and practice of policy analysis in South Korea (henceforth ‘Korea’). Public policy analysis or the study of government actions with the aim to improve programme and policy outcomes has always occupied a principal place in Korea. This book shares Korea’s experience in public policy analysis, exploring the historical development of policy analysis, and procedures for decision making at different levels of government. T.J. Lah and Thomas R. Klassen have compiled 18 up-to-date chapters that are a major contribution to research and pedagogy as well as valuable reading for specialists, whether they are students, scholars or practitioners. Drawing on case studies, contributors consider the issues and players that affect executive and legislative branch policy analysis, as well as policy design and analysis in the public arena and the shifting role of policy and research institutes, think tanks and post-secondary institutions.
Policy analysis was introduced to Korea in the late 1970s as part of policy studies. Since then, however, it is policy evaluation rather than policy analysis that has developed rapidly and become widespread. Therefore, understanding policy analysis in Korea cannot be complete without looking into policy evaluation. This chapter examines the overall state of policy analysis in Korea and offers a set of suggestions for its future development.
This chapter examines key issues related to media policy and its implementation in South Korea. The topics covered include the governance structure of regulations on media, competition policy and the must-carry rule, and the changing media environment in relation to the umbrella goal of enhancing the public interest. The discussion looks at electronic media including TV broadcasting, cable, satellite, the Internet, and the emerging digital and mobile media. The analysis finds that media policies and regulations in South Korea have not always been implemented in a desirable fashion. To adapt to the ever-changing media landscape, South Korea needs more elaborate planning, execution and evaluation of media policy, as well as greater coordination and cooperation between media stakeholders and policymakers.
This chapter examines the case of the Seoul Metropolitan government’s new initiative for an independent pre-feasibility study intended to enhance its capacity for decision making on public investment. In this chapter, we observe that cost-benefit analysis would not function well when co-opted external policy analysts perform it. However, Seoul Metropolitan government enjoys benefits by establishing an independent research centre specialised in feasibility studies, and significantly reduces co-optation and improves the analysis’s quality. Moreover, a pre-feasibility study plays a catalytic role in bringing the policy community to embrace high-quality analytic information during policymaking. The finding suggests that some alleged incompetent local governments can make better and the right public investment decisions through appropriate institutionalisation of the policy analysis process.
This chapter studies the committee system of the National Assembly focusing on the activities and contents of the standing committee. First, the composition and current status of the standing committees and subcommittees, as well as their powers and functions, are reviewed. The chapter evaluates the contents of the standing committee’s bill review, budget review and petition review, and discusses the functions and roles of the standing committee-centred Korean committee system. Next, the chapter examines legislative support bodies including the National Assembly Secretariat (NAS), the National Assembly Research Service (NARS), the National Assembly Budget Office (NABO) and the National Assembly Library (NAL). Lastly, the chapter reviews the National Assembly Legislative Investigation Office and the National Assembly Budget Policy Office, which perform the legislative investigation and budget audit functions.
The industrialisation and modernisation in South Korea that followed the Second World War resulted in rapid progress in economic development, public administration, social service provision and the establishment of modern public policy.
Bringing together outstanding researchers, this book is the first to examine the theory and practice of policy analysis in South Korea (henceforth ‘Korea’). Public policy analysis or the study of government actions with the aim to improve programme and policy outcomes has always occupied a principal place in Korea. This book shares Korea’s experience in public policy analysis, exploring the historical development of policy analysis, and procedures for decision making at different levels of government. T.J. Lah and Thomas R. Klassen have compiled 18 up-to-date chapters that are a major contribution to research and pedagogy as well as valuable reading for specialists, whether they are students, scholars or practitioners. Drawing on case studies, contributors consider the issues and players that affect executive and legislative branch policy analysis, as well as policy design and analysis in the public arena and the shifting role of policy and research institutes, think tanks and post-secondary institutions.
The industrialisation and modernisation in South Korea that followed the Second World War resulted in rapid progress in economic development, public administration, social service provision and the establishment of modern public policy.
Bringing together outstanding researchers, this book is the first to examine the theory and practice of policy analysis in South Korea (henceforth ‘Korea’). Public policy analysis or the study of government actions with the aim to improve programme and policy outcomes has always occupied a principal place in Korea. This book shares Korea’s experience in public policy analysis, exploring the historical development of policy analysis, and procedures for decision making at different levels of government. T.J. Lah and Thomas R. Klassen have compiled 18 up-to-date chapters that are a major contribution to research and pedagogy as well as valuable reading for specialists, whether they are students, scholars or practitioners. Drawing on case studies, contributors consider the issues and players that affect executive and legislative branch policy analysis, as well as policy design and analysis in the public arena and the shifting role of policy and research institutes, think tanks and post-secondary institutions.
This chapter introduces policy advisory bodies in South Korea. In South Korea, policy advisory councils in the central government serve the function of providing professional opinions and assisting in decision making through deliberation, mediation and consultation. This chapter provides general overviews of the councils, followed by a review of their operational records to assess their activities and influence by analysing news coverage and number of meetings held. Three example cases are selected and used to illustrate the impacts and limitations of policy advisory bodies. Recommendations to enhance the influence and effectiveness of councils are also discussed alongside ideas for further research in this area.
