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Nuclear Accidents, Risk Communication, and Politics of Expertise: Centered on Fukushima Nuclear Accident (원전사고와 위험커뮤니케이션, 전문성의 정치: 후쿠시마 원전사고를 중심으로)

  • Kang, Yun-Jae
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.35-44
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    • 2012
  • This paper analyzes characteristics and discourses related with the risk communication of Fukushima nuclear disaster. I try to pick up and analyze the three strategies of Korean government's and expert system's risk communication, and then understand the relationship between them and the role of expert system in the risk communication and the politics of expertise.

An Exploratory Study of Platform Government in Korea : Topic Modeling and Network Analysis of Public Agency Reports (한국 플랫폼 정부의 방향성 모색 : 공공기관 연구보고서에 대한 토픽 모델링과 네트워크 분석)

  • Nam, Hyun-Dong;Nam, Taewoo
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.139-149
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    • 2020
  • New platform governments will play a role to pull intelligent information technology to drive new ecological government innovation and sustainable development in which the government and people work together. On this, in order to establish the platform of the platform government, we will look at recent research trends and lay the foundation for future policy directions and research bases. using Text Mining method, and went through Topic modeling for the collected text data and network analysis was conducted. According to the result, based on latent topic, the stronger the connection center, the weaker the relationship. Through this study, we hope that discussions will take place in a variety of ways to improve the understanding of the supply and demand approach of Korea's platform government and implement appropriate change management methods such as service public base and service provision in accordance with the value and potential topics of platform government.

Teaching English as a Dominant International Language: A Case of Korean Elementary English Program

  • Jung, Sook-Kyung
    • English Language & Literature Teaching
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.1-29
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this paper is to present a qualitative case study on teaching English as an international language in Korean context. The researcher investigated the implementation process of the new elementary English program from the government to local schools to find out to what extent the symbolic value of English as an international language affect the implementation process of the elementary English program. The research result showed that the elementary teachers shared the different views of the status of English from those of government and the parents, and their differing perception of the role of English constantly affected their implementation efforts. The research findings also revealed that the public's concern of English dominance in Korean educational system resulted in the government's 'comprised curriculum' by lowering the learning goals of the English program. The findings also indicated that the introduction of the elementary English program accelerated English dominance in both teacher and student culture. The question of how to resolve the conflict between acquiring English proficiency and its negative influence on Korean culture remains a complex issue in implementing the new elementary English program.

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The Change in the Housing Affordability of Japanese Tenants and the Policy Implication (일본 임차가구의 주거비부담능력 변화와 정책적 함의)

  • Nam, Won-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.23-32
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    • 2011
  • The change in the Japanese rental housing policy since the 1990s appeared as a reduction in the role of central government, an expansion in the local government's discretion, and an increase in the dependence on the housing market. As a result, the supply of new public rental housing decreased drastically and the rent regulation was eased. This study is designed to evaluate the validity of the policy change through an analysis of the change in housing affordability of tenants during the period of 1983~2008. The analysis showed that the housing affordability and the accessibility to the housing market by tenants had been improved, confirming that if the public rental housing stock was properly used, the housing needs of the low-income tenants would be met without new supply. Therefore, it appeared that the change in the Japanese rental housing policy may have a certain amount of validity. However, the study pointed out that the validity of the policy change must be limited as the future risk factors such as the possibility of residualisation of public rental housing and the increase of poor households according to job insecurity were not well considered. Accordingly, in conclusion this study suggests that new policy instruments should be developed at central government-level, such as offering incentives for local governments and establishing a housing allowance etc.

Energy Transition and Roles of Local Governments: Renewable Energy Policy under the Moon Jae-in Administration (에너지전환과 지방정부의 역할: 문재인 정부의 재생에너지 정책을 중심으로)

  • Han, Hee-Jin
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.87-103
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    • 2019
  • In December 2017, the Moon Jae-in administration announced a major policy shift away from nuclear and coal, committing itself to the vision of creating a society where renewable sources account for 20% of its electricity generation by 2030. This energy transition involves not just a technical transition from conventional energy sources to renewable energy but also active participation of multiple stakeholders in the energy governance. While energy policy making has long been dominated by the central government in Korea with the aim of managing the supply for rapid industrialization and economic growth, the Moon administration aims to diffuse the central government's authority across various actors in society. Among those actors, this study focuses on the roles that local governments play in energy transition. Despite deepening local autonomy since 1995, Korean local governments have remained policy targets or recipients in the energy policy domain. This article discusses how such a traditional role has evolved under the new administration's energy transition policy and examines what challenges and limitations local governments face in creating a more decentralized energy governance system.

Boosting green cars retail in Malaysia: The influence of conditional value on consumers behaviour

  • ALGANAD, Amr Mohammed Nasser;ISA, Normalisa Md;FAUZI, Waida Irani Mohd
    • Journal of Distribution Science
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    • v.19 no.7
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    • pp.87-100
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: This paper examined the role of conditional value in the green automotive industry. The relationships of conditional value's four factors, consumers' attitudes and consumers' intention to purchase green cars were investigated. The conditional value was extended by examining the effect of fuel prices. Research design, data, and methodology: This study is quantitatively designed. All variables were measured using a 7-point Likert-scale; 425 questionnaires were collected from the respondents in Malaysia. SmartPLS was utilized to examine the proposed nine hypotheses. Result: The results demonstrate a positive relationship between attitude and intention toward green cars. Additionally, the results of the relationships were as follows: fuel prices was the most significant predictor of Malaysian consumers' attitudes and consumers' intention to purchase green cars, followed by environmental consequences and government policy. However, retail sales promotions did not show a significant effect on both consumers' attitudes and intentions. Conclusion: The study's findings suggest that the Malaysian government should implement an integrated package that includes a fuel pricing policy that restricts the purchase of non-green cars, as well as a set of financial incentives for purchasing green cars. Moreover, it is valuable to conduct public awareness campaigns about the negative consequences of current consumption patterns.

The Business Transformation in Small and Micro Businesses and government's role (소상공인의 업종전환과 정부기관의 역할)

  • Ji, Yong-Ha;Yang, Hae-Sool
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.10 no.12
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    • pp.3804-3814
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    • 2009
  • Because of the stagnancy of business activity and an excessive competition, the number of the people who quitting of one's business is increasing rapidly. Especially, government is further efforts on the upbringing for the small and micro business. But the ratio of cessation of business is increased gradually due to the influence of saturated market, consumer confidence shrinking, lack of funding and appearance of super supermarket. The another characteristic of growth rate for the cessation of business is the increase of the second foundation of business desire to succeed. But government's business transformation policy is inadequate. So, this study is willing to give an improvement of the government's support system through extraction actually and dependable data about business transformation and analysis to found a various gain model that continuous growth in small and micro business.

Building a Emergency Response System for the Infectious Diseases Crisis Management (감염병 위기관리를 위한 긴급대응체계 구축)

  • Byun, Sung-Soo;Shin, Woo-Ri;Cho, Seong
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.18 no.7
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    • pp.484-494
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    • 2018
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which occurred in the Middle East in 2015, is the most acute respiratory infectious disease in Korea. The limitations of the government's ability to respond to the spread of MERS and the inadequate communication of the government to the public have reduced the public's confidence in the government's infectious disease management policy. And it became an opportunity to raise awareness that infectious diseases could easily break down the national anti-virus system. Therefore, this study investigated the emergency response system of the infectious disease in the United States and sought to improve the infection control system in Korea. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, we analyzed the government's response to the MERS in 2015, analyzed the organization structure and role of the US CDC, and IMS.

The New-Institutionalism Perspective for Long-term Care Service Evaluation System (노인 장기요양기관에 대한 현행 평가제도가 조직구조 및 활동에 미치는 영향)

  • Kwon, Hyunjung
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.66 no.2
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    • pp.5-29
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to interpret how the long-term care evaluation system implements in the actual service settings with institutional isomorphism and decoupling based on new-institutional theory. This study conducted in-depth interview with employees engaged in 7 long term care service facilities. Directed qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the data. As a result, unlike the intention of the long-term care evaluation system to improve the efficiency of the organization by market competition, it found that organizations forcibly adapted a evaluation system to rely on government's resources and it results in isomorphism phenomena which is similar between organizations. This results confirmed that the evaluation system has implemented in the direction of enhancing the government's role to standardize and institutionalize the long-term care service rather than improving the efficiency of the organization by market competition. This study also partially found the phenomenon of decoupling between organizational formal structure accompanied by isomorphism and real behaviors. These results suggest that it is required to improve government's evaluation indicators on the issue of inefficiency caused by dual structure of organizations. In addition, this study proposes that government's evaluation index which is reflected the characteristics of care service is necessary for operating.

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High-Tech Cluster Evolution and the Role of the Triple-Helix Actors : The Case of the Research Triangle Park, USA (클러스터 진화와 트리플 힐릭스 주체의 역할 - 미국 리서치트라이앵글파크 사례 -)

  • Lee, Chulwoo;Lee, Jong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.256-258
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    • 2014
  • This paper aims at examining the role of university, industry and government, which constitute the triple-helix innovation system in hi-tech cluster, based on the case of the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA. Firstly, the state government has played a catalytic role by building the horizontal governance of triple-helix actors. By doing so, the state government has made it possible for not only growing but also transforming the RTP as an high-tech cluster. Secondly, universities in the triangle area have played to some extent a limited role in sustaining the evolution of cluster. Thirdly, the RTP has long been dominated by a small group of large firms. However, the situation has been changed since 1990s, because new start-ups from universities and local large firms and the technology transfer activities between universities and firms have been increased in the RTP and its surrounding area. Finally, it argues that the continuous evolution of the RTP has been to some or large extent influenced by the transition from the exogenous development model to the endogenous development model.

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