• 동남아시아연구
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-44
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• 2013

This study examined the constitutional engineering of the Philippine democracy in terms of power sharing and accountability, and the effectiveness and stability of the Philippine democracy as a result were assessed. Based on the analysis, the nature of the present Philippine democratic system since 1986 was brought to light. This study argues that the system of power sharing between the President and the congress in the Philippines tends to serve for negotiating political interests among the power elites rather than functioning in a constructive way. And the public accountability system is not functioning as it was designed to do. Due to the defects the Philippine democracy continuously suffers the lack of political effectiveness and stability. Despite of the problem, the reason not to break down the system would be the fact that the system served for the oligarchic power elites to circulate and recreate the political power exclusively. The direction of the Philippine constitutional engineering should be weakening the present traditional elite dominated political system, and strengthening the chances of political participation from the various classes. Some concerned people suggested the constitutional change to parliamentary system in order to strengthening party politics, and federal system to cope with the problems of regional conflicts, but such efforts failed repeatedly due to the conflict of political interests. Considering the present circumstance, it would be advisable to reform political party law and election system in the direction of strengthening political party system, and to expand the scope of local government system in the direction of devolving the centralized political power.

• Strategy21
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• 통권40호
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• pp.144-161
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• 2016

A unanimous Award has been issued on 12 July 2016 by the Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in the arbitration instituted by the Republic of the Philippines against the People's Republic of China. The current security issues in the regional sea shall be carefully reflected to anticipate whether the Award could resolve the existing political conflict or rather will grow military tension in the region. The Award clearly directs the scope of delimiting maritime jurisdiction to coastal States in the Southern China sea, so it seems to help facilitating finding resolutions of regional disputes on maritime boundaries. On the other hand, there are several limitations in reality to implementation of the decisions included in the Award. USA could use the decisions to restrict military activities and exercise of unilateral maritime jurisdiction by China in the region, while China shall encounter guilt to illegitimacy of its activities as well as shaking the legal foundation of its policy in the region. Then the resolution of this dispute through application of international law would rather cause more political confusion. The intension of bringing the case to an international court were to resolve political difficulties. If, however, the political difficulties are not properly reflected in the legal decisions, such decision would possibly raise more political risks.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.361-383
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 두 국가 간 정치적 분쟁(또는 협력)의 원인적 변수를 단순하게 두 국가 간 경제적 교역으로 설정한 Polachek(1978, 1980)의 교역-분쟁에 관한 기대효용모형에 관련 강대국의 개입이라는 요소를 더하여, 제3국의 개입이 두 국가 간 분쟁에 어떤 영향을 주는가를 이론적으로 분석하였다. 또한 구체적으로 남북한 모두와 밀접한 교역관계를 맺고 있는 중국의 북한과의 무역이 남북한 간 정치적 분쟁에 어떻게 영향을 주는가를 실증적으로 분석하여 보았다. 이론적 분석에서는 남한과 중국이 정치적 관계에서 대립적 관계일 때, 북한의 중국에 대한 수출증가는 북한의 남한에 대한 분쟁 증가를 유도하는 것으로 나타났다. 마찬가지로 남한과 중국이 정치적으로 대립적 관계일 때, 북한의 중국으로부터의 수입증가는 북한의 남한에 대한 분쟁 증가를 유도하는 것으로 나타났다. 한편 실증적 분석에서는 북한의 대남수출(남한의 대북반입)과 대중수출은 남북한 분쟁관계에 영향을 주는 않는다는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 북한의 대남수입(남한의 대북반출)이 증가하면 남북한 정치관계는 협력관계로 진행되고 있으며, 북한의 대중수입이 증가하면 남북한 정치관계는 분쟁의 증가관계로 진행되는 것으로 나타났는데, 이러한 실증적 결과는 앞에서 분석한 이론적 분석과도 일치하고 있다.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.77-106
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• 2023

The DPP's victory over the KMT in Taiwan's 2020 elections has been interpreted as a triumph for anti-China sentiment. However, the rise of political outsiders and their influence on voting behavior in this election were overlooked and underestimated. In this article, we examined different sources of data and found that supporters of these political outsiders mentioned sovereignty and cross-Strait issues less than the incumbent Tsai Ing-wen. However, when faced with the choice between Tsai and challenger Han Kuo-yu, voters who were concerned about governance chose Tsai, contributing to her winning a record number of votes. This article suggests that economic and governance issues had a considerable role in the election's result and will probably be the main focus of the 2024 presidential election. With the potential for a conflict in the Taiwan Strait increasing, anti-China sentiment is unlikely to be the deciding factor this time around.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.43-48
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• 2013

Purpose: The aim of this study was to demonstrate that non-participation of physical therapists on the political decision-making committee results in invasion of their interests. Methods: To demonstrate the effects, we analyzed the change of medical insurance score decided by the Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Committee between 2001 and 2012 years, focusing on medical examination as the interest of the participation group and physical therapy cost as interest of the non-participation group. Results: Total medical insurance cost increased by 23.72%, on average. Medical examination cost increased by 23.90% and 37.66% in medical examination for new and established patients, respectively. However, physical therapy cost was reduced by 5.01%. The medical examination cost for physical therapy without medical checkup increased by 2.62%. Conclusion: This study shows that the physical therapy cost, related on the interest of the non-participative group in the Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Committee, rather decreased while the total medical insurance cost increased.These findings demonstrate the invasion of the non-participative group on the Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Committee. Thus, aggressive participation in political decision-making committee is necessary in order to protect and increase rights and interests of Korean physical therapists.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.45-68
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• 2005

The political activity of women is relatively low. This is mainly because of the social-cultural attitude that confines women's role to housewives, rather than the structural problems that are related to political activities itself. This study has attempted to enhance the political activities of women by examining and providing the practical informations related to the hardships that are experienced by women who are pursuing a career both as a politician as well as a housewife. The sample of this study consisted of women who are assuming chief executives positions in organizations that are related to political activity, including local representatives of the national assembly. A case study was conducted by interviewing 8 female politicians. The contents of the study mostly consists of the personal situations (related to house lives) of these women. Semi-structured questionnaires were used, and the interview was conducted several times. First, the political careers of these women tended to start passively, rather than voluntarily. Second, the negative attitudes that were initially displayed by the family members and close relatives had changed positively through out the course of time. Close relatives, parents/parents-in-law were likely to become helpers of child care and household labor. The husband was likely to be a supporter of the wife's political career, and the children started to understand the roles of their mother as they grew up. Third, the female politicians perceived that the main impediments of women pursuing political careers were the sexually discriminating culture, rather than their own ability. Fourth, the fact that these women had to spend a lot of time outside the house has worsened the role conflict and difficulties of these women who are required to assume dual-roles. Furthermore, the difficulties that are faced publicly and privately has increased the psychological burdens of these women, since politicians, in general, are people who need to maintain their public image.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.199-215
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• 2002

국제분쟁지역의 유형 및 형성요인에 대하여 정치지리학적 분석과 문화역사지리학적 원인 고찰을 중심으로 국제적 영향력과 한국에 미치는 영향이 큰 아시아와 중동지역의 분쟁지역을사례 분석하였다. 국제분쟁지역의 유형은 내분형, 혼합형, 국제형으로 구분될 수 있다. 국제분쟁의 형성요인은 탈냉전기 들어서는 1990년대에 이념의 영향이 축소되고 문명충돌이 빈발하고 있다. 세계분쟁은 3재 이상의 분쟁원인이 복합적으로 작용하고 있으나, 국제분쟁의 주요요인은 민족문제, 종교분쟁, 식민지배의 유산 및 개입, 영토분쟁 및 패권추구 등을 중심으로 형성요인을 단순화할 수 있다. 탈냉전기의 분쟁발생을 발생시기별로 식민지배 시기 냉전 전기 냉전 후기 탈냉전기로 구분하였다. 2차대전 전에 열강의 식민지였던 북아프리카와 아시아지역은 식민해방기 및 냉전기에 대립 발생이 접종되는데 비하여, 유럽과 독립 국가연합지역에서는 탈냉전기에 분쟁발생이 집중되고 있다. 본격적 무력충돌시 국제적으로 영향이 높은 지역은 전략적 요충지이거나, 자원생산국이며 중동 아시아 흑아프리카에 많이 분포한다. 지역분쟁의 실례(實例)로는 동티모르 분쟁, 스리랑카 내분, 카슈미르분쟁 등과 자원의 발견 및 영토 패권추구 분쟁의 예로서 남사군도(南沙群島) 서사군도(西沙群島) 센가쿠/조어도(釣魚島) 분쟁을 사례 연구하였다. 아시아지역분쟁은 식민지배의 분할통치 유산과 밀접하게 연결되어 있다. 국제분쟁지역 분석을 통하여 분쟁지역에 대한 이해의 폭을 넓히고, 국방외교정책 수립에 일조를 할 수 있는 방향을 모색하였다.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.287-296
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• 2012

본 연구는 100여일 앞으로 다가온 대통령 선거를 즈음하여 발생할 수 있는 정치지도층에 대한 요인테러를 사전 예방하고자 기존 국내 요인 테러를 분석하고 대응 방안을 제시 하였다. 정치 테러발생 원인의 대다수는 이념이나 사회 갈등이 최고조에 달할 때 주로 정치적 소외계층에 의해 이뤄진다. 일반적인 원인으로는 공격하고자 하는 대상이 싫다거나 내가 지지하는 당이나 정부가 불리하고 패하는 것이 참을 수 없을 때 주로 발생한다. 21세기 정치테러가 기존의 불특정 다수와 신무기 폭발물 등을 사용하여 공격하는 빈도 보다는 사회 부적응자들의 불만 표출이나 사회적 갈등에 의해 자행되는 경우가 많다는 것이다. 이는 심화된 편 가르기와 무너진 법질서로 인해 사회 양극화가 심화한 데다 우리 사회가 정치적 타협에 익숙지 않다 보니 개인적 불만이 과격한 수단으로 나왔기 때문으로 풀이 된다. 절대적인 신변보호와 함께 다수의 유권자에게 다가가야 하는 정치활동에 최상의 결과를 거두기 위해서는 신변안전에 대한 경호임무는 필수 요건이다. 따라서 정치활동에 있어완벽한 신변보호를 위해 상황별, 장소별, 지역별 등 운집 되어지는 성격에 따라 적절한 경호기법으로 전문적인 경호활동을 해야 할 것이다.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.97-106
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• 2006

This study discusses two canceled dam projects, Youngwol Dam in South Korea and Two Forks Dam in Colorado of the United States. Both of them illustrate how the new paradigm applies to regional water projects because they became victims of environmental opposition in the new paradigm. While the cases have no apparent close relationships and they occurred in different decades, they offer interesting comparisons. They were basically struggles between water development coalitions and environmental protection coalitions on regional water conflicts. The two proposed projects brought about fierce debates on large dam as they embraced a wide-range of environmental, social, and political issues rather than construction of dams themselves. Huge anti-dam oppositions scrapped them at the cost of nearly ten years for decision-makings and enormous financial resources for feasibility studies respectively. It identifies who the policy actors were, what the policy strategies were, and how the water policies evolved in both countries. The decision-makings on the two projects appeared at first glance to be made under formal institutional frameworks, but in actuality, they relied significantly on decisions of the two important political actors. The Korean society began to learn negotiation and cooperation approaches to solve the water conflict by establishing the Joint Task Force Team on Youngwol project in 1999. The team is recognized as a new conflict resolution method in South Korea because a diverse of stakeholder interests voluntarily participated in the decision-making process and discussed water issues directly. Even though the projects resulted in futile fruits in each country, they illustrate the images of the new paradigm that significantly affected in formulating regional water policies in South Korea and the United States.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.210-236
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• 2021

China's Belt and Road Initiative infrastructure connectivity and other projects are presented in much of the discourse as a grand strategy to trap developing nations in debt, to exert asymmetric power and construct a new world economic order. The asymmetric relationship between China and Myanmar might therefore be expected to generate a range of political risks for stakeholders. Myanmar itself presents a "perfect storm" of problems, with dysfunctional governance, civil conflict, under-development and growing economic dependence on China. The Kyaukphyu port project and associated Special Economic Zone in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state is investigated as a case study of risks on the Belt and Road. While worst case fears China might seize military control of the port appear unlikely, at least in current conditions, empirical observation indicates the complexity on the ground generates an array of other risks - as well as opportunities, should conditions allow. Further, despite challenges and constrained capacity, Myanmar governments have demonstrated agency, including by re-negotiating control and costs of the Kyaukphyu project. The case underlines that conditions are more complicated than simply China's asymmetric power. A sceptical approach is taken to normative discourses in order to build inductive understanding of how stakeholders and local experts perceive dynamics underway. A political risk approach is deployed to develop a framework to identify, analyse and assess risks for actors in relation to the Kyaukphyu project. The research findings are presented on an interim basis, given current constraints on field interviews due to the current crisis.