지방정부의 국정참여제도에 대한 비교 분석

Comparative Analysis on Participation of Local Government in National Policy Making: Focused on UK, France, and Japan

(Purpose) This paper tried to examine the cases of the participation of local government in national policy making focused on UK, France, and Japan, and to draw some policy implications for Korea. (Design/methodology/approach) This paper used the method of case study and comparative analysis on the issues about the participation of local government in national policy in UK, France, and Japan. (Findings) The institutions of participation of local government were formed heterogeneously according to historical, political, and socio-cultural context. However, in recent times all nations of the cases are trying to transfer the power and responsibility of central government to local government, and guarantee the participation of local government in national policy making through constitution reform, law making, and agreement between central and local government. (Research implications or Originality) Based on this comparative case study, Korean government, referring to UK and Japan case, which settled the local decentralization as an important national agenda, needs to integrate the four local government associations into one entity and, to assist it through administrative and financial instruments to be equipped with specialty and competitiveness about the important local policy issues such as regional economic development and customized local decentralization.