한국 사회의 불공정성과 그 변화 가능성에 대한 인식

Abstract

The current study explores the context in which Koreans’perception on social injustice through qualitative analysis. A total of 77 adult men and women were interviewed and their contents were analyzed. Result showed that perceived social injustice stated by the participants could be categorized as in terms of opportunity, evaluation, and reward. Specifically, participants stated that they experienced injustice in situations such as preferential treatment, prejudice, failure in reforming injustice, unreasonable punishment, and irrational systems or politics. Emotional response to such experiences were lasting negative sentiments, emotional stolidity, learned helplessness, and ambiguous hope. As for the behavioral response, both active coping and evasive avoidance appeared. Participants pointed out that enhancing individual communication and improving awareness along with making changes on institutional level and improving systematic problems of society as the solution for social injustice. Overall, there was not any clear difference between generation and gender. However, women in their 40s and 50s mentioned more about their experience of social injustice they face as being women than other generations. Also, unlike other generations, participants in their 50s evaluated that there are higher chances of making changes in Korean society.