수자원 개발의 이해갈등과 정책조정기제의 변화: 영월댐 개발을 둘러싼 중앙부처간 대응행동을 중심으로

Abstract

This study analyzed the coordination mechanism of policy conflicts in the case of the Dong-River dam project between the Ministry of Construction and Transportation and the Ministry of Environment. The study tries to define the relation between the policy participants' strategies and the policy coordination mechanisms in the development processes of water resources. We first found that there was an effective mechanism for the arbitration of interests by the joint investigative team. The team was successful because there was the participative policy making structure, the institutionalization of formal discussion, and the presentation of credible data in the conflict coordination process. We also found that the strategies of conflicting parties changed according to the structure of policy participants, and consequently the coordination mechanisms changed. In accordance, we emphasize the necessity to unlearn and properly relearn the revised coordination mechanisms to coordinate complex and value-involved conflicts.