TY - JOUR
T1 - Revisiting the role of Bureaucrats in pension policy-making
T2 - The case of South Korea
AU - Kim, Won Sub
AU - Choi, Young Jun
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - This article aims to provide an understanding of the dynamics of pension politics in South Korea with a particular focus on the role of bureaucrats. In order to explain the reforms, this research will closely examine how the expertise and legitimacy of civil servants, together with their institutional positioning, have affected their power and role in the policy-making process. This article will argue that bureaucrats, particularly the welfare bureaucracy, attained their major reform goals by associating and competing with other political actors in two major reforms. 2013 The Author.
AB - This article aims to provide an understanding of the dynamics of pension politics in South Korea with a particular focus on the role of bureaucrats. In order to explain the reforms, this research will closely examine how the expertise and legitimacy of civil servants, together with their institutional positioning, have affected their power and role in the policy-making process. This article will argue that bureaucrats, particularly the welfare bureaucracy, attained their major reform goals by associating and competing with other political actors in two major reforms. 2013 The Author.
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U2 - 10.1017/gov.2013.26
DO - 10.1017/gov.2013.26
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84897501608
VL - 49
SP - 264
EP - 289
JO - Government and Opposition
JF - Government and Opposition
SN - 0017-257X
IS - 2
ER -