갑신정변 政令에 나타난 정치체제와 권력운영 구상 = The governance system and power structure spelled out in the government order(政令) promulgated after the Kapsin coup

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The government order promulgated by the Enlightenment Party after the Kapsin coup had as its intention the unification of all government organizations into a 6-ministry(6曹) system under which the Uijungbu(議政府) was to become the supreme governing body supervising over these 6 ministries and making important decisions of state. The 6 ministries would then be integrated and subjected to modern management practices. This new governance system. focused on the Uijungbu and 6 ministries, was designed to reform ineffective government organizations. It was also based on the Enlightenment Party's decision to ally itself with the powerful group who ran the Uijungbu.
The Uijungso(議政所) committee. led by the Uijungbu's Daesins and Chamchans, emerged as the main political power that took control of the legislative, administrative, and judicial branches of government during this period of turmoil. This Uijungso committee was founded to strengthen the functions and roles of the Uijungbu, and was a temporary body whose mandate was to manage the state of emergency.
The Enlightenment Party planned to limit the king's power and prevented him from intervening in politics. Yet on the other hand, they also intended to increase the authority of the king in his role as the symbol of an independent state. The Enlightenment Party's plan was for them to grab a share of the power through this Uijungso committee composed of their leaders Kim Ok-kyun and Hong Young-shik and of royal family members from the Daewongun's faction. As such, the Enlightenment Party ostensibly formed an alliance with the Daewongun's faction.
The political structure and governance system established by the Enlightenment Party clearly demonstrates the attitude of those who led the Kapsin coup, that is, their ideological tendency to accept modernized institutions and cultures. However, they strived to partially introduce a governing system based on the Western and Japanese models while maintaining Chosun's traditional governance system consisting of the Uijungbu and 6-ministries.
As such, the political reforms launched by the Enlightenment Party were not intended to establish a completely new order, or to destroy the existing Yangban oriented political system. Not fully accepting the achievements of the Meiji Reformation in Japan, the formulators of the Kapsin reforms focused on achieving modernization within the existing traditional ruling system, a system that protected the vested rights of the ruling class.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 머리말
• Ⅱ. 조선 및 서구의 정치체제와 권력운영 인식
• Ⅲ. 의정부 중심의 정치체제와 권력운영 구상
• Ⅳ. 맺음말
• ABSTRACT