• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.52
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• pp.301-324
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• 2003

This study is designed to investigate social worker's experience in community practice at community welfare centers. Especially this study is conducted to identify the question; how do social workers experience community practice? For the study, data is collected from 11 social workers by depth interview. Using the Grounded theory, the data is analysed by open coding, axial coding, and selective coding. Finally the core category is become known that community practice is the piled up process of developmental experience throw willful efforts and various strategies under poor circumstances. The findings are as follows: (1) the experienced social workers seriously consider residents, community, social workers, and community welfare centers as the core participant in community practice. (2) the experienced community practitioners use various strategies on the whole process. (3) a system needs to be built to train community practitioners based on the cooperation of universities and community centers.

• International Area Studies Review
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.25-47
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• 2008

This paper tries to explore the impact of economic globalization on social capital accumulation. To investigate direct effect, we build a model and derive a proposition which can explain the relative decline in social capital brought about by market expansion. Besides direct effect, we also explore channel effect through democracy, government size, education attainment, and inequality. We estimate direct and channel effect of globalization using cross section of 65 countries data time period 1980-1999 using three-stage least squares(3SLS). Results are in line with predictions and clearly support that globalization significantly and negatively affects social capital accumulation. Channel effect also shows that globalization has a negative effect through aggravating income inequality while it has a positive effect through higher education attainment, higher level of democracy and larger government spending. Such a net negative channel effect reinforces our prediction. As a robustness check we estimate other sets of data and the result strongly supports our theory.

• Journal of International Area Studies (JIAS)
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.57-80
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• 2010

This study aims at the evaluation of procedural changes and policy outcome caused by the Open Method of Coordination(OMC) on Social Inclusion in the European Union. The policy instruments of the OMC introduced by the Lisbon Council can be divided into two groups: the outcome-oriented New Public Management(NPM) and the process-oriented Directly Deliberative Polyarchy(DDP). By considering the adoption process of the NPM instruments, it can be said that OMC could not be effective due to the vagueness of its objectives, the institutional barriers in decentralized decision-making, and the rejection of benchmarking by the Member States. The intended learning by deliberation and peer review as indicated by the normative DDP, is hard to achieve because they are not so reflexive due to relatively restricted and closed participation. We also cannot find any significant reduction of poverty after the long implementation of the OMC. Considering the higher recognition of poverty problem and expanding NGOs concerned with it, however, we may see some significant impact in the future.

• Proceedings of the KSCN Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.132-132
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• 2003

국내 의료시장은 환자의 의식변화와 의료시장의 개방화에 따라 병원간에 치열한 경쟁적 환경에 높여있으며 환자를 환자 그 자체로서가 아니라 병원이 경영에 영향을 주는 결정권자로서 고객을 간주해야 한다. 고객만족의 중요성에 대한 인식이 높아지고 있는 가운데 고객의 품질만족도에 대한 조사는 매우 중요하다. 품질만족도란 구매를 서비스 받기 전에 기대하는 정도와 이용한 후 실제로 고객이 느끼고 인식한 정도의 차이인 품질만족도인 인식하고 있는 인식도와 기대도간의 차이이다. (중략)

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.39-69
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• 2008

The present study examined the overall receptivity of community members to migrant wives in Korea. A total of 23 community members from two regions, Ansan, an urban area and Youngam, a rural area, were selected for the interview based on their prior experience with migrant wives. Data were collected via a semi-structured interview method. The participants provided their personal feelings and thoughts on a variety of issues involving migrant wives, such as how they perceive migrant wives' original culture and lifestyles, the nature of their interaction experience with migrant wives, their overall evaluation of migrant wives, their opinions about migrant wives' cultural adaptation, and their opinions about the on-going transformation of the Korean society into a multi-racial, multi-cultural society. Interview results indicated that, although the participants' attitude toward migrant wives was positive, the overall receptivity to migrant wives was largely based on the traditional sex-role stereotypes typically found in the Korean society. Moreover, the vast majority of the participants endorsed a narrow-minded, uni-directional perspective on cultural adaptation which puts far greater emphasis on migrant wives' assimilation into the host culture than reciprocal influence process between the two cultures. Implications of the study and directions for future research were discussed.

• International Area Studies Review
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.345-366
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• 2012

This paper examined the multicultural policy orientation and multicultural acceptance of multicultural people. The adifferential exclusion, assimilation, and multiculturism were as proxy for the multicultural policy orientation. The awarness, openness, and empathy were as proxy for the multicultural scceptance. Based on the analysis of two hundred fifty cases, the following results were found. First, the assimilation of multicultural policy orientation have a positively significant influence on multicultural acceptance such as awarness, openness, and empathy. Second, the multiculturalism of multicultural policy orientation have a positively significant influence on multicultural acceptance such as openness and empathy. Third, the differential exclusion of multicultural policy orientation have a positively significant influence on openness of multicultural acceptance.

• Journal of International Area Studies (JIAS)
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.305-330
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• 2018

The purpose of this article is to examine whether Myanmar's experience in which dealing with the most exemplary change among rogue states or pariah state in the 21st century is feasible for North Korea's case. Recently, North Korea's willingness to dialogue, reform and open is similar to the precedent in which the Myanmar military junta dismantled its ruling system and turned over transition period through general elections in 2010 and 2015 each. The so-called 'Myanmar Model' refers to a country branded as a rogue state which has been under the international sanctions and pressure, and opening its political system and the market by choosing transformation. However, rapid changes in speed across the entire society after opening up are impossible because the political elite is only the leading role and implementation in the transition. In case of Myanmar, military culture has penetrated into society due to such a long-lasting military dictatorship, and even democratic bloc has become accustomed to authoritarian decision-making process. Furthermore, the "reserved area" of the old regime still exists in a deformed political structure that can not retrieve the interests of the military. Therefore there could not be achieved political development in term of qualification. North Korea also appears unlikely to achieve political and economic assessment in a short period of time, as civil society has not appeared due to its long dictatorship and very low economic development levels. Like Myanmar, North Korea is also likely to control the pace and direction of upcoming reforms and open, as the dictator or most powerful person chose to reform and open up. Therefore, if North Korea moves toward the 'Myanmar Model', there will be high expectations of new changes in the short term, but it could be delayed or stalled in the mid and long term.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Community Living Science Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.253-265
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• 2004

WTO 뉴라운드와 DDA협상 등 농산물수입개방 확대로 국내 농업ㆍ농촌의 여건은 점점 악화되어가고 있다. 우리 농촌이 국제적 환경변화에 영향을 받기 시작하여 농산물의 생산과 판매에 있어서 영향을 주고 있다. 농산물가격이 보장되지 않고 국제적 경쟁을 통해 이겨야하는데 현실적으로 구내의 농산물가격 경쟁에서 이기기 힘들다. 따라서 각 국의 농업정책도 자국내 농정에서 글로벌 스탠다드에 의한 국제시장 메카니즘 강요를 받고 있으며, 농업도 생산증대에 역점을 두어왔으나 소비자지향의 고부가가치를 창출하는 농업으로 패러다임의 전환을 요구받고 있다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Community Living Science Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.134-151
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• 2004

WTO 뉴라운드와 DDA협상 등 농산물수입개방 확대로 국내 농업ㆍ농촌의 여건은 점점 악화되어가고 있다. 우리 농촌이 국제적 환경변화에 영향을 받기 시작하여 농산물의 생산과 판매에 있어서 영향주고 있다. 농산물가격이 보장되지 않고 국제적 경쟁을 통해 이겨야하는데 현실적으로 국내의 농산물가격 경쟁에서 이기기 힘들다. 따라서 각국의 농업정책도 자국내 농정에서 글로벌 스탠다드에 의한 국제시장 메카니즘 강요를 받고 있으며, 농업도 생산증대에 역점을 두어왔으나 소비자지향의 고부가가치를 창출하는 농업으로 패러다임의 전환을 요구받고 있다. (중략)

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.135-146
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• 2022

This study examines the practice of maeul community media as follows; Who, why, and how the role of participants is related to the operation of maeul community media, and the participation requirements. For this purpose, the maeul newspaper published in rural areas was approached by ethnographic Research, and participation observation, in-depth interview, and content analysis were performed. In conclusion, it was confirmed that harmonious participation of residents is the core condition of maeul community media practice. Residents' participation is based on the requirements of spontaneity, openness, talent donation, and local relationship. Spontaneity is a desire and effort for the activation of the community as a member of the local community. Openness is related to the operation structure of maeul community media where anyone can freely participate. Talent donation is based on their experience, knowledge, and expertise as a concrete practice of resident participation. Local relationship is the network of community that connects spontaneity and practice, and the operating structure of maeul community media. These requirements should be operated positively to ensure the function of maeul community media and sustainability.