스포츠선수 귀화정책의 정당성과 다문화적 과제

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to seek for ways to address the most recent controversial issues relevant to a sport player naturalization problem in modern multi-cultural society. To this end, we started by examining sport players’immigration, or naturalization status, and the outcome thereof with focus on the domestic situation. We then discussed the player naturalization problem which could be raised through the legislation or guidelines related to the Nationality Act, or Immigration Law which is the procedural standard for players’ naturalization. In the light of some cases of domestic naturalized sport players through our discussions, this research analyzed the problems regarding whether these sport players infringe on national representativeness, and fairness of competition between countries; whether a naturalized player based on victory for victory’s sake has legitimacy associated with multi-cultural assimilation policy; and whether multi-cultural assimilation is in conflict relations with the equal rights to selection of players. Furthermore, we discussed about how to accept and respond to such a sport player’s naturalization problem within the immigration policy of Korea claiming to advocate an open society built upon multi-cultural assimilation.