통일교육정책의 변동 요인에 관한 연구

Abstract

This paper used Kingdon's multiple streams framework to analyze why the unification of the education policy was changed in 2008. As analytical results, in the problem steams, unification education reflects the reality as it is and strengthens security due to the opposition to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, domestic politicization of North Korea policy, discussion of North Korea's sudden change, North Korea's nuclear development, and the Cheonan and Yeonpyeong Island incidents. In the political streams, President Lee Myung-bak took office, who had the idea that overall change was necessary in the policy of appeasement toward North Korea. Support for North Korea policy by the Koreans, the spread of negative awareness about North Korea and unification, the spread of public opinion to reinforce the weakened sense of security, created conditions for changes in unification education. In the policy streams, Proposals that the existing education for unification needed to be changed suggested. These three streams were able to combine with the creation of policy opportunities such as 'change of government to conservatives' and 'the Cheonan/Yeonpyeong Island incident', leading to policy changes.