국가균형발전과 지방분권을 정책의 핵심으로 출범한 참여정부는 지방(정부)의 자립과 형평성에 근간을 둔 지역간 균형발전이라는 정치 기조와 함께 지역사회의 삶의 질 향상을 강조한다. 본 연구는 이러한 지역사회의 삶의 질 향상을 위한 주요 정책인 지역사회복지정책을 참여정부의 두 핵심 정책을 중심으로 분석하였다. 분석의 대상은 제도의 주요 요소인 정책형성과정, 재정 부문, 사회복지행정 부문이다. 참여정부는 지방분권이라는 정치적 철학을 바탕으로 2003년도에 사회복지사업법을 전문 개정하는 등 변화를 시도하였지만, 정책형성 과정에서의 정치 철학과 체계성 부족, 관련 법률간 연계성과 통일성 부족, 재정 인프라의 취약성, 사회복지 행정 역량의 확립 실패 등으로 인하여, 참여정부가 국가균형발전과 지방분권 전략을 통해서 달성하려던 자율성, 효율성, 그리고 형평성의 확립은 지역사회복지정책의 형성과 이행 과정에서 실패하였다고 판단된다.

The goal of this study is to analyze community welfare policies of the Noh government on the basis of its two pivotal strategies: the balanced national development and decentralization. For the pursuit of the study, this study aims at primary elements of institutions, such as a policy process, a local finance, and a social welfare administration. The Noh government proposed the improvement of living quality of local societies by improving the self-sufficiency of local communities and efficiency of local governments based on above two political approaches. Despite its efforts to reform community welfare policies by adopting ideals of decentralization, the Noh government failed to achieve major commitments, such as autonomy, efficiency and equality, mainly due to a lack of concrete political philosophy in policy processes, a lack of systematic relevancy among relevant legislations, a delicate infrastructure of local finance, and a lack of administrative capacity in local welfare.

The goal of this study is to analyze community welfare policies of the Noh government on the basis of its two pivotal strategies: the balanced national development and decentralization. For the pursuit of the study, this study aims at primary elements of institutions, such as a policy process, a local finance, and a social welfare administration. The Noh government proposed the improvement of living quality of local societies by improving the self-sufficiency of local communities and efficiency of local governments based on above two political approaches. Despite its efforts to reform community welfare policies by adopting ideals of decentralization, the Noh government failed to achieve major commitments, such as autonomy, efficiency and equality, mainly due to a lack of concrete political philosophy in policy processes, a lack of systematic relevancy among relevant legislations, a delicate infrastructure of local finance, and a lack of administrative capacity in local welfare.

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the Noh government, the balanced national development, decentralization, community welfare policies