문화재정책 분권화의 유형 연구: 근거이론분석법 적용을 기반으로

Abstract

Cultural heritage is regarded as an important cultural resource in local communities and provides various historical meanings to residents and visitors. However, the cultural heritage policy of Korea is inclined toward a centralized system despite increasing demands for decentralization of culture, mostly focusing on the preservation and protection of cultural heritage. Decentralization could promote the accountability and responsibility of the government through the devolution of authority to local governments. In this context, this article classifies the local government’s cultural heritage policy system into four categories–self-directed, proactive, improving, and dependent type – by investigating cases of Seoul, Incheon, Chungnam, Gyeongbuk, Gyeongnam, and Jeonnam. More importantly, this study explores conditions for the decentralization of the cultural heritage policy system in Korea through in-depth interviews with local public officials and researchers, drawing on the grounded-theory analysis method. These imply that some local governments, under centralized situation, make efforts to decentralize the cultural heritage policy by increasing manpower and budget, and delegating authority in addition to using their local cultural heritage.