문화 부문의 정부와 시장 관계

Abstract

This study analyzes and compares not only the philosophies and patterns of state support for culture and the arts among governments in France, the U.S.A., and Korea, but also the level and nature of state involvement in cultural markets and industries in Korea. Korean governments since the early 1990s have endeavored to introduce policies that take into account the economic scope of culture. As the software and service industries grow in importance in the Korean economy, there is an increasing demand for the development of refined, distinctive, high value-added goods to satisfy the very diversified and discriminating preferences of consumers. Merchandise is expected to reflect cultural tastes based on a high degree of sensitivity and creativity. The arts, as the source of creativity, are as indispensable to the development of industrial technology as science. In this sense, culture is starting to play a more important role than ever in economic development. In addition, the relationships not only between culture and the economy, but also between governmental policies and cultural industries, including entertainment businesses, are entering a whole new phase in Korea. While Korean presidents, therefore, continue to try to reflect the realization of the economic scope of culture in their policies and programs, Korean governments have been advocating the importance of cultural factors in the economy. They have called upon industries to utilize increased creative sensitivity and national cultural traditions in economic development. This study, therefore, is primarily concerned with the economic and administrative policy issues that state involvement in cultural industries and markets has given rise to in Korea, and how the Korean system will function.