시민사회 정치 참여의 사회 정치적 의미 = The Socio-Political Implications of the Political Participations of Civil Societies

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This Article aims to analyse the particularities of the political participations of civil societies in Korea within the world system context. The relationship among the state, market and civil society has been changed during the last 2 decades. The role of civil society has extended into the other two sectors - state and market - in this conjuncture after the failure of the state in 1989 and the failure of the free market in 2008. The political parties of western societies have carried the ideological orientations of old and new social movements. Within the current specific context, the civil society has been recalled under the name of ‘big society’ and ‘social state’. The role of citizenship as the partner of public service has been emphasized within the ‘big society’ umbrella while the role of political participation based on civic sovereignty has been highlighted in the implications of ‘social state.’ In Korea, political parties have changed their name for the election with localisms base, lack of social base. The CSOs have actively engaged in the policy proposals, legislations and monitoring the state power instead of the weak political parties. The leaders of CSOs have been invited for the election in spite of CSOs` internal rule of political neutrality. This individual invitation has been changed into the coalition between the political party and CSOs. The deepening of political participation of CSOs with the normative political neutrality of CSOs characteries the Korean particularities of the political participation of civil societies.