IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bpj/nonpfo/v12y2021i1p165-187n1.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Government and Civil Society Collaboration against COVID-19 in South Korea: A Single or Multiple Actor Play?

Author

Listed:
  • Jeong Bok Gyo

    (Public Administration, Kean University College of Business and Public Administration, 1000 Morris Ave, Union, New Jersey, USA)

  • Kim Sung-Ju

    (Social Work, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA)

Abstract

This study examines, from a collaborative governance perspective, the public policy process of South Korea in responding to the global health pandemic. In many countries, attention has been focused primarily on governmental capacity and political leadership in containing the COVID-19 pandemic. In South Korea, however, the role of civil society as a collaborative partner to government is especially important. To analyze the comprehensive and substantive nature of government-civil society collaboration, this study assesses the response to COVID-19 along two dimensions: the level of civil society involvement in governance, and the stage in public policy development. The study reveals that the South Korean government was a coordinator of multiple actors and multiple sectors of society, including civil society, and that all three facets of civil society as described by Edwards (2004), were involved: associational life, civility, and engagement in the public sphere.

Suggested Citation

  • Jeong Bok Gyo & Kim Sung-Ju, 2021. "The Government and Civil Society Collaboration against COVID-19 in South Korea: A Single or Multiple Actor Play?," Nonprofit Policy Forum, De Gruyter, vol. 12(1), pages 165-187, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:nonpfo:v:12:y:2021:i:1:p:165-187:n:1
    DOI: 10.1515/npf-2020-0051
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/npf-2020-0051
    Download Restriction: For access to full text, subscription to the journal or payment for the individual article is required.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1515/npf-2020-0051?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Hyuk-Rae Kim, 1997. "Korean NGOs: Global trend and prospect," Global Economic Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(2), pages 93-115.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.

      Corrections

      All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bpj:nonpfo:v:12:y:2021:i:1:p:165-187:n:1. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

      If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

      If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

      If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

      For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Peter Golla (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.degruyter.com .

      Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

      IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.