충청지역 시민운동의 역량 - 시민행동지수(CAI)를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study examined Civic Action Index (CAI) of Chungcheong Province compared to that of the nation. The result showed CAI of Chungcheong Province was at a similar level and tendency to that of the nation. CAI of the nation and that of Chungcheong did not show differences in their whole average, and among the four aspects that constitute CAI(Social Activism, sustainability, environmental adaptability, and opportunity), social activism was the highest and opportunity was the lowest, another common tendency of the two regions. In the comparison among Daejeon, Chungnam, and Chungbuk, there were no big differences in the whole average of CAI, but in the lower dimension, there were common features and differences. As for Social Activism, the three regions marked the highest in the question that measured activities of solidarity. However, Chungnam had a significantly higher influence on government policy than Daejeon and Chungbuk. In terms of sustainability, questions that measure finance of organizations, payroll of activists, and recruiting of activists marked low. In environmental adaptability, adaptability to globalization recorded the lowest, and in an opportunity, central government was evaluated lower than local government. Regression analysis showed that among the general characteristics of the organization, the scale of regular employees had a positive influence as an independent variable on various dimensions of CAI. Regarding social mobility(dependent variable) that was valued the highest among various dimensions of CAI, environmental adaptability and sustainability played as positive independent variables. In other words, to strengthen the capacity of citizens’ movement in Chungcheong province, social activism should be enhanced in a way to improve opportunity that was evaluated low and raise environmental adaptability and sustainability of civil society organizations. However, sustainability is continuously threatened by the treatment of full-time activists and recruiting of activists. There have been long-term efforts to resolve this issue but proper solution has not been found. Therefore, a new way of movement, distinguished from the way that depends on full-time activists and highly institutionalized organizations, should be actively searched so that the power of the local social movement can be diversified.