지역의 주민참여요인과 주민참여 활성화 및 정책효과의 관계

The Relationships among Local Resident Participation Factors, Resident Participation Activation, and the Policy Effects - Focusing on Mediator Effects of Resident Autonomy Committees Using Structural Equation Model -

Residents actual participation, the basis of local self-government, should be a prerequisite to realize the administrative governance the local governments pursue. In this respect, the level of enforcement of resident participation system which has justification with no dissenting opinions on either political or managerial level would be an indicator of how local governments try to be the ones with good responses from residents, and to realize democratic values. This study aims to determine which factors are the major factors of resident participation activation and policy outcomes, to confirm those key factors through examining previous studies, and by analyzing them to establish the structural relationships among the derived variables, resident participation activation, resident participation impacts and resident autonomy committees. Based on the analysis results, we present several political suggestions. First of all, it is to emphasize the strengthening the role of resident autonomy committees in the design stage of establishment of policies; desirable attitudes and roles of resident autonomy committees are needed who are the subjects performing the most important functions. Second, by consolidating the role of resident autonomy committees in the operation process of policies, resident autonomy committees and the members should play their roles as constant participants. Moreover, if there is a problem as a result of monitoring the operation process, they should inform local residents of any problems actively, and proceduralization is needed to make up for additional decisions on those through the resident participation system. Finally, it is a plan to strengthen the role of resident autonomy committees in the policy evaluation stage; in the case of the citizen participatory budgeting system which is most researched, it was ascertained that the effects of evaluation are great as shown in this study result.