한국 민주주의와 국책 사업

Abstract

This article starts with questions on the nature of the government bureaucrats and analyzes for what purpose the government has promoted the national project. The aim of this paper is to examine the purpose and characteristics of the national project carried out by the reform government and the right-wing government. This paper analyzes major national projects such as Saemangeum reclamation project, Buan nuclear waste disposal construction project, four major rivers restoration project and Gadeokdo new airport project. The results of the analysis are as follows: The right-wing government promoted the national project through blatantly altering and reducing the procedural democratic system. A typical example is the four major rivers restoration project promoted by the Lee Myung-bak administration. To the contrary, the reformed government proceeded the development through the process of recognizing and approving the procedural democratic system, more readily than the right-wing government. The procedural process in the reformed government seemed more democratic than the right-wing government. However, the fact that the reformist government has continuously pursued the environmental destruction business, shows the need for understanding the nature of the modern democracy underlying the reform government, that is, the class character of the state bureaucracy.