21세기 통일정책 환경 변화와 시민참여 -참여민주주의에 관한 논의를 중심으로-

Abstract

In recent years, a field of unification has seen a consistent decline in the types of 'conventional' participation that lays the foundation for representative democracy, such as election, while non-conventional participation of Non-Governmental Organizations has continued to formatization driven by information and communication technology, new types of citizen's participation with non-governmental networks have spread widely. Meanwhile, the participatory government has determined the expansion of citizens' participation in the process of national policies as one of its important tasks and thus undertaken it continuously. The Ministry of Unification has also established the guiding principle which is of measures to strengthen the basis of public agrement on the promotion of the policy for peace and prosperity. This study is to observe the changing environment to unification policy, such as megatrend of globalization, informatization, and democratization, which has led to the expansion of 'citizen participation in unification policies process', then review the citizens' society participation in the process of unification policies ly seek directions to improve the public participation in unification policies, while looking at the role and limit of citizen's society in the process of unification policies.