논문

An era of localization began since the June of 1995 in South Korea. This means that the process of national economic policy-making has become changed by effects of localization in any type. This study deals with a question of how localization will take effect on the national economic policy-making process. In the past, the central government exercised unitary and top-down policy-making in the whole economic area. But the age of localization calls for a new policy-making pattern as well as a different role of central government. For this goal, the importance of political reasonableness and democratic public policy is examined using group politics approach.
In conclusion, localization will have effects as follows: (a) multi-centric regimes and diffused economic policy structures, (b) promoton of participation and political bureaucracy, (c) loose network with actors and importance of mutual adjustment, (d) change of role in economic departments.