공공갈등 예방과 갈등관리의 제도화 방안

A Study on the Institutionalization Plan of Public Conflict Prevention and Conflict Management

Public conflicts in decentralized and fragmented societies causes detrimental consequences such as the waste of a variety of resources. On the other hand, they are the positive and essential component that induces an effective solution through disclosing the problem of resource waste. This study aims at producing a plan for managing and preventing public conflicts through the analysis about the power cable construction project of 345KV Sejong branch and 765KV New Kori, Gyeongsangnam-do. This paper takes key analytical steps to build a plan for managing and preventing public conflicts. The step includes (1)the conflict coordination mechanism(citizen participation, deliberation, adjustment and arbitration), (2)laying down the rules for managing conflict(laws and institutionalization of procedures), (3)involvement of the third neutral organization (public-private activity), and (4)increasing the awareness of the conflict management(conflict management mind, conflict management organization, education, human resource cultivation). The analysis in this study emphasizes the followings: (1)the early establishment of conflict management and mediation measures, (2)the early enactment of laws for conflict management, (3)the establishment of a neutral national conflict management agency, (4)the cultivation of neutral third organization such as conflict mediator, and (5)the strengthening of public institutions conflict management capacity.