Policy Shaped under Pressure: Internationalization, Decentralization, and Policy Adoption of Local Governments

What leads local governments to adopt a particular policy? This article examines the diffusion of internationalization ordinances enacted by Korean local governments from 1989 to 2016. Since decentralization in 1995, Korean local governments have become autonomous actors that can introduce policies...

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Main Authors: Park, Nara, Eom, Young Ho
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Institute for Local Self-Government Maribor (Slovenia) 2019
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Online Access:http://pub.lex-localis.info/index.php/LexLocalis/article/view/1136
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Summary:What leads local governments to adopt a particular policy? This article examines the diffusion of internationalization ordinances enacted by Korean local governments from 1989 to 2016. Since decentralization in 1995, Korean local governments have become autonomous actors that can introduce policies of their own. Employing event history analysis, this study reveals that, in adopting internationalization ordinances, Korean local governments face multiple pressures, including central government intervention, the behavior of other local governments, and their own capacity and policy requirements. Policymaking that is directed by the central government, however, is characterized by weaker effects and a shorter lifespan. Local autonomy is key to successful local governance in a decentralized regime. Zaradi česa lokalne ravni upravljanja sprejmejo določeno politiko? Ta članek proučuje difuzijo odlokov o internacionalizaciji, ki so jih sprejele korejske lokalne ravni upravljanja med letoma 1989 in 2016. Od decentralizacije leta 1995 so korejske lokalne ravni upravljanja postale avtonomni akterji, ki lahko sami vpeljujejo svoje politike. Z uporabo analize zgodovine dogodkov ta študija razkriva, da se korejske lokalne ravni upravljanja pri sprejemanju odlokov o internacionalizaciji soočajo z več pritiski, vključno s posredovanjem centralne ravni upravljanja, ravnanjem drugih lokalnih ravni upravljanja in njihovo lastno zmožnostjo in zahtevami politike. Za oblikovanje politike, ki ga vodi centralna raven upravljanja, pa so značilni šibkejši učinki in krajša življenjska doba. Lokalna raven upravljanja je ključ do uspeha lokalnega upravljanja v decentraliziranem režimu.