지방분권특별법의 의의와 한계

김순은(金順殷) 한국지방자치학회 2005 韓國地方自治學會報 Vol.17 No.3

In comparison with the previous governments the Participation Government has been deeply interested in decentralization reform since 2002. During the presidential campaign in December, 2002, presidential candidate Nho who won the election pledged to steer a high level of decentralization reform once elected. His pledge came true in terms of decentralization reform road-map announced in July, 2003 which included not only 7 major directions and 20 programs for decentralization reform. One of the 20 programs included in the decentralization reform road-map is related to establishing a new legal system for steering decentralization reform promotion. On the basis of decentralization reform road-map the Participation Government initiated the Decentralization Special Act of 2003 which was characterized by a new legal system for promoting decentralization reform. Decentralization Special Act of 2003 implied several significance. Among other things, the Decentralization Special Act of 2003 was a legal form of decentralization reform road-map of July, 2003 which dealt with major reform directions and programs for decentralization reform. Political agreement between the dominating party and the opposition parties was also included in its significance in the light of political difficulty in steering decentralization reform. Despite of its significance Decentralization Special Act of 2003 has several limitations. Among other things are included a lack of policy instruments for implementing its legal objectives, ambiguous provisions in association with the decentralization steering body, inefficient and ineffective organization, and a lack of appropriate legal powers of the decentralization steering body for carrying out its objectives. For the Participation Government to carry out decentralization reform in an effective way the Decentralization Special Act of 2003 ought to be amended in the near future.

일본 지방분권의 평가와 시사점

김순은(金順殷) 한국지방자치학회 2003 韓國地方自治學會報 Vol.15 No.3

This study is to analyze the decentralization reform of Japan in 1990s. The contents, implications and problems involved in the reform process was deeply discussed. On the basis of decentralization model, including ideal model, bargaining model, dominating model, and hierarchical model the reform of Japan in 1990s was evaluated as the initial step from hierarchical type to a low level of bargaining model. The initial master plan suggested by the Decentralization Steering Committee had not been fully implemented due to several obstacles. The phrases, including "the introduction of the general theory," "unfinished reform," "a first step of reform," "the first round of reform" have well represented the feature of the decentralization reform of Japan in 19908. Despite of the evaluation mentioned above the decentralization reform of Japan in 19908 should not be underestimated. That is why the reform 1990s was a product of debate which is more than 100 years old. That is why it may be cornerstone for the next reform. Owing to the result of the decentralization reform in 1990s, in a sense, local governments in Japan is able to function as the local self-governing body which is empowered to make policies at its discretion and at its expense. An attention should be paid to strategies which have functioned as a leverage for keeping all policy actors satisfied with the decentralization reform even though it is partial. Without the strategies the reform in 1990s could have not happened. The strategies were to concentrate the debate of reform on reducing devices of control by the central government over local governments.

지방정부간 협력방안에 관한 연구

김순은(金順殷),채원호(蔡源互),최진혁(崔珍赫),김선기(金銑基) 한국지방자치학회 2009 韓國地方自治學會報 Vol.21 No.1

Literature review about intergovernmental relations among local governments up to now shows that combinations of researches have been conducted in respect to intergovernmental cooperations and conflicts. Many researches about intergovernmental conflicts among local governments in association with granting certain names to public facilities and locating certain public facilities, including waste disposal, nuclear power pland, nuclear waste disposal, and public cultural centers, etc. Presumably, intergovernmental conflicts have worked as a factor decreasing not only national but local competitiveness. This study shows how important it is to cooperate each other among local governments. Towards improving local cooperations two suggestions can be made. First of all, many political actors at the level of local governments, including local politicians, public officials, and local residents, in particular, local chief executives ought to change his mind for keeping favorable attitudes towards local productive cooperations. In addition, several institutional devices should be invented towards increasing local cooperations. An institution for supporting local governments which are supposed to work together and cooperate each other financially is a typical example of such devices.

영국과 일본의 지방분권 비교 분석

김순은(金順殷) 한국지방자치학회 2001 韓國地方自治學會報 Vol.13 No.2

In order to effectively meet the 21st century not only the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "U.K.) and Japan successfully finished the political and administrative reform which has attracted considerable attentions from allover the country. Not only in the U.K. but in Japan the decentralization reform is recognized as the part of political and administrative reform by the central government. Even though considerable differences between the U.K. and Japan can be found out in terms of the historical context, the decentralization model, and the reform process, the successful history of the decentralization reform in both countries in the late of the 20th century suggests good lessons to us who are in the middle of proceeding the decentralization reform. In comparison with the decentralization reform of the U.K. and Japan, our decentralization reform is similar to that of Japan rather than that of the U.K. Just like the case of Japan, our country has been characterized by a high level of centralized system from the Chosun Dynasty. A high level of public bureaucrat's role in the policy process in Korea has been predominant, which has been the case of Japan. By the same token, public bureaucrats in Korea have played a very strong role in the process of decentralization reform. The central government has controlled local governments by way of creating agency-delegated functions. The share of agency-delegated functions among local government's functions has been more than 60%. Members of Congress and central public officials are, presumably, reluctant to carry out the decentralization reform. Political leadership for promoting the decentralization reform which has worked as a force for making the decentralization reform success in Japan is not able to be expected at this point in Korea. In consideration of things mentioned above it is certain that regions have to play a pivotal role in the process of the decentralization reform. Regions have to take an initiative in the process of coming up with specific ideas and alternatives for a desirable level of decentralization. Towards this end, all members of regions, including local government, local residents, local mass media, local politicians and citizen groups are highly recommended to work together in a cooperative and productive way.

21세기를 대비한 대도시 정치ㆍ행정체제의 개혁

김순은(金順殷) 한국지방정부학회 2001 지방정부연구 Vol.4 No.2

공공의료기관과 일반의료기관의 성과비교분석

김순은(Kim, Soon Eun),최선미(Choi, Seon-mi) 서울행정학회 2014 한국사회와 행정연구 Vol.24 No.4

공공 의료기관의 경영실적 부진으로 인한 민간위탁 및 민영화 논의가 이루어지고 있는 반면 이와 관련한 구체적이고 실증적인 연구는 부족한 상황이다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 공공 의료기관과 일반 의료기관의 조직의 특성 및 지역에 따라 성과가 어떻게 달라지는지에 대하여 실증적으로 분석하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 2008년부터 2012년까지 건강보험심사평가원의 심사를 받은 전국의 일반종합병원과 상급종합병원 321개를 표본으로 선정하여 투입변수(병상수, 의사수, 진료과목수)와 산출변수(환자수, 의료수입, 입원일수)로 시설효율성, 인적효율성, 내용효율성을 비교분석하였다. 분석결과, 시설효율성에 있어서는 대체로 공공 의료기관이 더 높게 나타났으며, 인적효율성에 있어서도 공공 의료기관의 효율성이 더 높게 나타났다. 반면, 내용효율성에서는 일반의료기관이 더 높게 나타났다. 또한, 각 효율성에 대하여 수도권과 비수도권의 차이를 분석한 결과 시설효율성에서 수도권의 경우 공공병원이, 비수도권인 경우 민간 병원이 더 높게 나타났다. 본 연구 결과를 통하여 보건의료 서비스의 전달에 있어서 공공의료기관의 역할을 재정립에 시사점을 줄 수 있다. While privatization of public medical centers has been seriously considered in Korea, the available empirical evidence does not sufficiently support suggestion that this would promote profitability. The present study seeks to contribute to the debate through an empirical comparison of the performance of private medical centers and public medical institutions. Toward this end, data from 321 general hospitals for a five year period (2008-2012) is analyzed in terms of departments, while output is measured according to the number of patients, income, and the hospitalization rate. The findings suggest that the performance of public hospitals is better than that of private hospitals with respect to use of facilities (i.e., beds), as well as human resource utilization (i.e., doctors). However, private hospitals perform better than public hospitals when it comes to income generation. In addition, when the regional variable (i.e., capital or non-capital) is controlled, the analysis reveals that public hospitals in the capital region make more effective use of their beds, while outside of the capital region, it is private hospitals that use their beds more effectively. This result implies that the role of public hospitals in the process of delivering health and medical services should be reconsidered.

공동 주택 불법 개조 복구 정책의 집행에 관한 연구

김순은,김영수,변대근 한국정책분석평가학회 1998 政策分析評價學會報 Vol.8 No.2

우리나라 로컬 거버넌스에 관한 논의의 실제와 함의

김순은(金順殷) 한국지방정부학회 2005 지방정부연구 Vol.8 No.4

지방자치의 발전을 저해하는 요인분석

김순은 한국정책분석평가학회 1997 政策分析評價學會報 Vol.7 No.1

한국노인이 경험하는 문제(어려움)는 무엇인가?

김순은,이민홍 한국정책분석평가학회 2015 政策分析評價學會報 Vol.25 No.2

본 연구는 한 개인이 고령화 과정에서 경험할 수 있는 노인문제를 포괄적으로 측정할 수 있는 척도를 탐색적 수준에서 개발하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 전국 232개 기초자치단체 중 32개를 무작위로 추출하여, 1,060명의 65세 이상 지역사회 거주 노인능ㄹ 설문조사하였다. 기술적 통계, 문향분석, 탐색적 요인분석, 상관관계 분석을 실시하였다. 분석결과 포괄적 노인문제척도는 건강문제, 사회・환경문제, 정서인지문제, 경제문제 등의 네 가지 하위차원으로 구성되었다. 문향분석을 통해 이 척도의 내적 신뢰도 기준이 충족되었으며, 수렴타당도는 연령, 학력, 건강, 생활수준 등과의 유의한 상관관계 분석을 통해 성립하였다. 위의 결과는 정책수립 및 평가를 위한 기초자료로 활용할 수 있을 것이다.