도시 지역발전과 거버넌스- 부산울산 지역혁신협의회의 비교연구 -

Abstract

This article compares two cases of regional development in Korea in terms of 'regional governance'. Two cases of regional development are Busan and Ulsan. This article tries to explain why these two cases have followed different trajectories of regional development. The main concept to explain these differences is 'institutional capacity'. Institutional capacity is defined as the ability of agents who reacts to the change of structural environment. The concrete indexes of institutional capacity are the degree of social capital formation which are expressed as information, network relations and resources. In Busan where the regional economy has been in the state of stagnation since 1980s, the regional governance which has embodied into 'regional innovation committee' has utilized high degree of institutional capacity which are composed of information, relations, and resources. However, in Ulsan where the regional economy has been in the state of growth since 1970s, the regional governance which has embodied into 'regional innovation committee' has just utilized low degree of institutional capacity. These differences in terms of institutional capacity have resulted into the differences in the intensity of social conflicts in these two regions.