The Participation and its Patterns in Policy Process: The Korean Case in an Age of Authoritarianism and Modernization

Abstract

In the modern society, it is a critical criteria who and how to participate in policy process. In order to determine whether a political system is a real democratic one or not, we must examine that who participate and that the participating mechanism is in the order. In the days of modernization and industrialization, Korea has suffered from legitimacy crisis and from mal-function of political participation. So, to analyze Korean society, we have first to analyze its policy process and policy participation. First, let me begin with the concept of policy process and participation. The concept of policy process is very dynamic one which includes all the stages of policy formation, policy-making, policy implementation and evaluation. Dynamic and diverse as it is, no agreed views can be found as to the minor stages of policy process.