노무현 정권의 정부조직법 개정 분석

The Roh Moo-Hyun administration tried to change the existing social orders throughout its term. Therefore it is naturally presumed that the administration would have reformed the government organizations extensively. However, the real range of reforms was quite narrow. In addition, most reformed organizations were lower level agencies rather than ministry level ones. This article tried to explain these phenomena with a three-dimensional perspective: macro-environment, institutional context, and political negotiations. As results, it drew the following conclusions. First, the international environment that it faced was similar to that of former Kim Dae-Jung administration, so it didn’t need to change diplomacy- and security-related organizations. Second, dominant philosophy of the period was small government idea, so it couldn’t significantly increase the organizations that had been reduced by the former Kim administration. Third, the Committee of Government Administration and Local Autonomy of the National Assembly with the majority of the oppositional Grand National Party also didn’t allow massive changes in government organizations. Fourth, the ruling and oppositional parties had staged positive coordination negotiations, so the range of the reform was narrowed down. Fifth, the administration tried to get around political opposition by making many government commissions and changing the Blue House Office rather than revise the Government Organization Act in the legislature.