시민단체 활동가의 활동경험에 대한 연구: 대전지역 시민단체 사례를 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the activities of local NGO activists in the Korean Social Movement and to elucidate various problems faced by local NGOs, their implications, and suggestions. Existing studies on civic organizations are focused on identifying the direction of movement of civic organizations, their orientation, or the changes of civil movements according to socio-historical trends. Many studies emphasize citizen participation as the subject and object of the civil movement, but there are very few studies dealing with NGO activists as the active subject of the civil movement. A case study on the experiences of NGO activists in the Daejeon area covered by this study is an attempt to fill this gap. The purpose of this study is to analyze the internal problems of NGOs in the experience of NGO activists by using in-depth interviews and analysis methods based on grounded theory and to consider the problems faced by local NGOs. The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, the environmental problems of NGOs, which are centered on excessive work and poor finances, pose a considerable burden to activists. Second, these problems can be found in the institutionalization of the civil movement. The institutionalization of the civil movement has contributed to strengthening the influence of the civic organizations and their stakeholders and to the stable operation. But it has had a negative influence on the democracy and critical activities within the organization. In conclusion, this study points out that in order to understand the local civil movements and organizations in Korea, it is necessary to identify and approach the social structures and institutional conditions surrounding them, even the civil movement participants. In addition, it argues that the problems revealed in the analysis of the experiences of the NGOs participants should be fully considered in the search for a new way of civil movement.