특수임무유공자 정책의 정책형성과정 연구: 정책네트워크 연결망 분석을 중심으로

The national merits system of Korea has been changed into a form of policy layering in which the subject of merits is formed according to the establishment of a new individual law. As the scope of the merits are defined according to the enactment of individual laws, the issue of ‘equity’ among the merits’ subject is continuously being discussed. This study examined the policy of Korean special mission merit which shows the policy layering characteristic of the national merits’ system in Korea. In this study, we analyzed the policy according to the three network boundaries. Firstly, there were four government agencies, five political parties, 19 organizations related with the dispatched soldiers to North Korea as policy actors, and the density was very low, 0.0628%. In the policy making period, two governmental agencies, six political parties, and 69 organizations related with the dispatched soldiers to North Korea appeared as policy actors, and the density increased to 0.4944%. Lastly, there were one governmental organization, 8 political parties, and 25 organizations related with the dispatched solders to North Korea as policy actors. The density decreased to 0.0570%. As a result, Patriot and Veterans Administration Agency failed to play a leading role in the formation of the policy, and the policy was formed according to the social atmosphere.