This is the product of several seminars with the former and the incumbent prime ministries, cabinet members and presidential secretaries during the initial phase of the research on redefining presidential roles and restructuring presidential power. Vigorous and lively discussions among scholars and politicians help to critical agendas, basic directions and specific methods of reform aimed toward more democratic and effetive presidential leadership. This book contains a comprehensive set of policy recommendations for the reform of the presidency and its Blue House Secretariat.
Contents
Part One: President and the Presidential Project
Chapter 1. Evaluating the Current Presidential System The Presidential System and the Deterioration of Governance | Hong-Goo Lee The Imperial Presidency: A Constitutional Perspective | Chul-Un Park The Authority of Bureaucracy, the National Assembly, and the Presidency | Kyung-Won Kim The Dilemmas of Governance in the Era of Democratization | Jong-Chan Lee
Chapter 2. The Presidency and Authority The Authority and Responsibility of the Prime Minister | Jae-Bong Rho Authority and the Imperial Presidency: the National Assembly, the Prosecution, and the Board of Audit and Inspection | Kyung-Sik Kang Change in Governance: The Intelligence Bureau's Change of Status | Young-Soo Kim In Search of a Proper Position for the Intelligence Bureau | Jong-Chan Lee
Part Two: A New Governing System and Systemic Reform
Chapter 3. Guidelines for Restructuring the Governing System Changing the National Agenda: the Re-establishment of National Strategies | Bong-Kyun Kang
Characteristics and Limitations of Governmental Organizations | Choong-Nam Kim
Chapter 4. Structural Reform Through Decentralization Political Reforms and Administrative Reforms | Chul-Un Park Presidential Reform Through Ministerial Accountability | Hong-Goo Lee Proposals to Enhance the Power of the Prime Minister | Bong-Kyun Kang
Part Three: The Presidential Secretariat
Chapter 5. Historical Trajectories of the Presidential Secretariat Presidential Secretariat under the President Park Jung Hee: The Early Years | Jung-Ryum Kim The Role of the Chief Presidential Secretariat During the Fifth Republic | Kyung-Won Kim The Presidential Secretariat in the Era of Democratization | Young-Soo Kim
Chapter 6. The Role and Organization of the Presidential Secretariat Missions of the Presidential Secretariat During the Era of Decentralization | Gong-Il Sa The Presidential Secretariat and the Establishment of National Strategies | Young-Soo Kim The Presidential Secretariat and Administrative Reform | Kyung-Sik Kang Teamwork and the Revitalization of the Presidential Project | Choong-Nam Kim
Chapter 7. The Presidential Secretariat and Its Capacity for Policy Planning -The Presidential Transition Committee An Evaluation of the 15th Presidential Transition Committee | Jong-Chan Lee The Process of Transition and Policy Coordination | Young- Soo Kim -Policy Planning The Presidential Project and the Politics of Reform | Se-Il Park International Relations and The Establishment of A National Strategy | Kyung-Won Kim Planning for national strategy and the system of the presidential secretariat | Chul-Un Park Reinforcing the presidential secretariat and policy planning | Young- Soo Kim
Chapter 8. Conflict and Mediation: The Problem Solving Function of the Presidential Secretariat The Role of the Senior Secretary | Gong-Il Sa The Presidential Secretariat and Its Mediating Function | Bong-Kyun Kang Formalization of the Policy Mediating Process | Choong-Nam Kim
Chapter 9. The Presidential Secretariat's Management of Personnel Reconsidering Personnel Management: the Utility of Think Tanks | Gong-Il Sa Improving the Hiring of Officials | Bong-Kyun Kang Preserving Documentation and Evaluating Personnel | Young-Soo Kim Reassessing Government Employment Practices | Kyung-Sik Kang Establishing Guidelines for Personnel Management | Chul-Un Park Invigorating Teamwork Through modifying Personnel Management | Choong-Nam Kim Transparency in the System of Personnel Management | Se-Il Park
Contributors
Speakers Hong-Goo Lee, the former Prime Minister Chul-Un Park, the former Minister without Portfolio Kyung-Won Kim, the former Korean Ambassador to America Jong-Chan Lee, the former Minister of National Intelligence Service Jae-Bong Rho, the former Prime Minister Kyung-Sik Kang, the former Deputy Prime Minister Young-Soo Kim, the former Minister of Ministry of Culture & Tourism Bong-Kyun Kang, the former Minister of Ministry of Finance and Economy Choong-Nam Kim, the former Secretary without Portfolio Jung-Ryum Kim, the former Presidential Secretariat Gong-Il Sa, the former Minister of Ministry of Finance and Economy Se-Il Park, the former Presidential Secretariat
Editor
Su-Hyun Lee, EAI researcher
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