• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.79-102
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• 2009

This study reviews the issue of public interests of technologies required in industrial technology policy as well as the demand for changes in industrial technology policy as result of the migration from catch-up to post catch-up innovation system. In fact, the importance of public interests which served as the rationale for government intervention in industrial technology policy have gradually faded, which invited controversies over the legitimacy and effectiveness of government intervention in promoting specific technologies or industries. Today, the existing policy framework has to change to correspond to the post catch-up environment which requires creative technology development. In this context, the Korean government needs to reduce direct support for certain companies or technologies, but increase R&D investment in energy, environment and health and welfare to enhance public interests of technology innovation activities.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.747-752
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• 2007

경제적 측면에서 본다면 에너지는 생산과 소비에서 매우 큰 비중을 차지함과 동시에 다른 유형의 상품과 대체 가능성이 높지 않다는 점에 그 중요성이 있다. 에너지시장에 대한 정부개입의 필요성은 자원의 고갈전망이 제시되고 두 차례 석유위기가 발발한 1970년대부터 등장하기 시작하였다. 이러한 일련의 인식변화는 에너지부문에 대해 다양한 형태의 정부개입이 시작되는 계기가 되었다. 에너지시스템에서 발견되는 이러한 일련의 시장실패는 정부개입의 정당성을 확고하게 하는 동시에 정책 운영 자체를 복잡하고 어렵하게 하는 요인이 되고 있다. 에너지정책의 운용이 어려운 이유는 에너지부문에서 발생하는 외부효과가 한 종류가 아니라는 점이다. 신재생에너지의 장점과 매력은 이처럼 복잡한 시장실패를 근본적으로 해결할 수 있다는 잠재력에 있다. 하지만 개발노력이 본격화 된지 30년이 넘었음에도 불구하고 2001년 현재 신재생에너지가 IEA 국가의 TPES에서 차지하는 비중은 5.53%에 불과하다. 다양한 장점에도 불구하고 신재생에너지 기술의 개발과 보급이 저조한 가장 큰 이유는 현재의 에너지시장 상황에서 기술의 경제성이 확보되지 않기 때문이다. 신재생에너지의 장점에 대한 강조와 개발의 필요성은 더 이상 정책의 핵심주제가 아니다. 현 시점에서 정책운영의 가장 큰 이슈는 기술개발과 보급에 대한 중장기적인 전략의 수립, 이른바 '정책의 효율성' 이다. 본 논문은 신재생에너지의 이용 전반에 걸쳐 등장하는 다양한 지속가능성 이슈를 살펴보고 국내 여건에 부합하는 기술개발 및 보급방안을 제시하고자 한다.

• Korean Journal of Legislative Studies
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.103-139
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• 2019

This study aims to verify how trust in government leads voters' electoral participation with paying attention to their political orientations. In particular, this study takes voters' partisan consideration into account to examine different direction of the effect of trust in government on electoral participation depending on their ideology and partisan preferences. Key findings show that governmental trust has a positive influence on electoral participation for voters who have conformable ideological orientations to the incumbent government and positive preferences toward the ruling party. In contrast, distrust in government is more likely to increase the possibility of electoral participation for those who have different ideology from the incumbent, negative attitude toward the ruling party, and partisan preferences of the opposition party. Previous studies on the relationship between governmental trust and electoral participation have been mixed as yet. For the sake of explaining this inconclusiveness, this study focuses on partisan foundation of voters' political decision making. It contributes to our understanding of the political properties of governmental trust and its implications for representative democracy.

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.73-106
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• 2010

Internet users want to use IP sharing routers for reducing their cost and managing their terminals easy. Network service providers(NSPs) forced their subscribers pay extra charges to use extra terminal like IP router, since 1998 in Korea. The NSPs asserted that IP sharing routers would harm their networks or would impose extra load on their networks, but they were unable to prove their assertion. Users and manufacturing companies insisted on the legitimacy of IP routers, because the IP router is a kind of terminal for end-users, and as such, the right of selection of an IP router belongs to the user. The interest in and beliefs of the relevant social groups about IP router will be deduced through their interpretation. It draws the technological frame of two social groups, NSPs and IP router-manufacturing companies. The rough struggle between two social groups come from their frames. The article shows how society constructs a particular information technology.

• The Korean Journal of Air & Space Law and Policy
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.117-149
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• 2015

On May 16, 2014 the Supreme Court of Korea rendered its decision with respect to litigation filed by All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. ("ANA") for revocation of an order of correction and payment of a penalty imposed by the Korea Fair Trade Commission ("KFTC"). On or around September 2002, ANA and various airlines operating air cargo service from Japan to Korea were allegedly to have agree to introduce of fuel surcharge into their rates on cargo fares in an attempt to recoup falling profits from rising of oil price. As this hard core cartel was per se prohibited under Korean competition law (The Monopoly Regulation And Fair Trade Act), KFTC began an investigation and consequently with fruitful results imposed an amount of penalty and issued an order of prohibition. ANA protested against this imposition by filing suit against KFTC under the reasons that (1) their agreement was simply pursuant to the relevant laws and regulations including Air Transport Agreement between Korea and Japan, (2) there was an administrative guidance from Japanese government to allow this agreement, (3) extraterritorial application of Korean competition law to the agreement in this matter was improper as it was made within Japan and targeted only for the shipment from Japan to Korea: accordingly there is not a direct and serious effect between the agreement and any result of anti-competitive. This article aims to review ANA's allegation and the judgement delivered by Korean court under some issues respectively; (1) whether there is an effectively actual anti-competitive cartel between airlines including plaintiff, (2) whether filed rate doctrine is reasonable and applicable in this case for precluding wrongfulness, (3) what is the reasonable limitation of boundaries in extraterritorial application of Korean competition law. Additionally, this article also suggests to concern particular features of air transport business as an regulated industry in judging the unfair restrain on competition.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.51
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• pp.311-327
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• 2002

Many studies verified the relationship between parenting stress and the abuse of children with disability. It means that disability is a risk factor for abuse. The purpose of this study is to examine the parenting stress as a predictor of child abuse potential. For this study, 150 parents of children with disabilities were recruited. A personal questionnaire, parenting stress index, and potential factors of child abuse were responded. According to the results, parents who have children with disabilities reported high parenting stress and also parenting stress significantly affected parents' attitudes toward child abuse. Income, level of education, social involvement, governmental support, and social services for disabled were related to parenting stress and child abuse. Stepwise multiple regression analysis identified the variables of social involvement and social services for disabled as the most important variables in explaining parenting stress and child abuse. This study suggests that social supports and services for the parents of children with disabilities should be provided.