한국 국제개발협력 시민사회의 대정부 정책주창활동 분석

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to theorize the activities of Korean civil society in international development cooperation by examining the resource mobilization and collective identity formation of the Korean Civil Society Forum on International Development Cooperation(KoFID) from a social movement theory perspective.
 Originality: While recent research on civil society in international development cooperation has focused on government-civil society relations, this study analyzes the activities of the KoFID in terms of a social movement theory perspective.
 Methodology: This study forms an analytical framework from resource mobilization theory and constructivism theory and analyzes the KoFID’s website and the materials of its general assembly for 13 years.
 Result: The potential for KoFID to undertake policy advocacy was well established in the environment surrounding civil society, government, and the international community since the mid-2000s. Civil society’s experience in policy advocacy provided human resources, financial resources, and expertise. The experience of networks and individual organizations in policy advocacy, as well as the government's policy orientation, increased the motivation of CSOs to engage in policy advocacy. Civil society was concerned about the government's perspective and attitude toward civil society as a recipient of ODA and as a complement to government policies. The collective identity of the need for civil society to play a role as a policy advocate was shared among the participating organizations. Based on this, the KoFID has been implemented collective actions as a policy advocate.
 Conclusion and Implication: The KoFID has been conducting policy monitoring and alternative proposal activities to the government with a collective identity as a policy advocate by mobilizing the resources of development NGOs and CSOs, inluding their organizations, people, and experience.