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The Origin and Evolution of the Crisis in the Offshore-Plant Industry in South Korea: Goal Ambiguity and Governmental Politics

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dc.contributor.authorPark, Jungyeon-
dc.contributor.authorKoo, Min Gyo-
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-21T00:15:51Z-
dc.date.available2017-07-21T00:15:51Z-
dc.date.issued2017-04-01-
dc.identifier.citationKorean Journal of Policy Studies, Vol.32 No.1 pp. 71-97-
dc.identifier.issn1225-5017-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10371/134786-
dc.description.abstractThe once-promising offshore-plant industry in South Korea is on the verge of collapse. There are both internal and external reasons for the sudden rise and fall of this now troubled industry. This study focuses on what went wrong within the South Korean government. It examines how the offshore-plant industrial policy has been implemented since its inception in 2012. Using a modified version of Matlands ambiguity-conflict matrix, this study explains the way in which the combination of policy goal ambiguity and organizational conflict between and within government agencies led to policy drift and failure. We find that offshore-plant industrial policy has undergone three different but related stages from symbolic to experimental to political implementation over the past five years. Varying degrees of goal ambiguity and organizational conflicts have resulted in these shifts, which in turn have resulted in the government missing opportunities to correct earlier policy errors in the next stages. This study explains the unique problems inherent in the offshore-plant industrial policy. At the same time, it reveals common problems prevalent in South Koreas government-led industrial policy: a lack of planning, deliberation, coordination, and collaboration within the government, let alone outside of it.-
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea grant funded by the Korean government (NRF-2014S1A3A2044630). Earlier versions of this study were presented at the September 2016 meeting of the Korean Association for Policy Studies held in Seoul and the November 2016 conference of the Korean Association for Governance Studies, also held in Seoul.-
dc.language.isoen-
dc.publisherGraduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University-
dc.subjectoffshore-plant industry-
dc.subjectshipbuilding industry-
dc.subjectpolicy goal ambiguity-
dc.subjectgovernmental politics-
dc.subjectambiguity-conflict model-
dc.titleThe Origin and Evolution of the Crisis in the Offshore-Plant Industry in South Korea: Goal Ambiguity and Governmental Politics-
dc.typeSNU Journal-
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor박정연-
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor구민교-
dc.citation.journaltitleKorean Journal of Policy Studies-
dc.citation.endpage97-
dc.citation.pages71-97-
dc.citation.startpage71-
dc.citation.volume3-
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