공중인식변화에 따른 다중흐름 결합과 동태적 정책변화과정 분석- 미세먼지 특별법과 관련 8개 법안 제정과정을 중심으로 -

Policy makers put forth effort to respond to issues, but their effort in reacting to anissue is not always instant and do not address all the issues. This is because society hasbecome increasingly more diverse and complex due to technological developments. Intoday's society, issues spread more abruptly and more quickly than before. As aconsequence, unfamiliar issues that used to garner no attention may emerge as issuesposing a serious threat to society. This study focuses on the issue of particulate matter, which has been a type of airpollution for many years. The study focuses on the process of the latent issue emergingsuddenly in recent years and covers the flow of government interventions and policiesaccording to the public's interest on the issue. The multiple streams model was employed in the study as a theory of policy agendasetting for specific, persuasive, and logical organization. The investigator also used a newconcept called the issue attention cycle to overcome the limitations of the model. Basedon this, the study analyzed particulate matter management policies with a focus onSpecial Act on the Reduction and Management of Particulate Matter (hereinafter, SpecialAct on Particulate Matter). The time scope of the study was restricted to the period of 2010~2019 as theparticulate matter issue became full-blown in the second half of 2013. The year of 2010was set as the starting point of the study to begin with the pre-problem stage as thelatent period to cover the entire policy process. The analysis results show that a policy window opened during the rising period of issueattention, leading to the passing of the Special Act on Particulate Matter. A window ofspillover effects opened during the peak attention of the issue, having impacts on thepending bills related to fine dust and producing the policy outcome of eight bills beingpassed to fight particulate matter. It is difficult to generalize the analysis results of this single case, but the findings show that the bills reflecting the public's attention werepassed toward the peak of their attention with the following opening of a window ofspillover effects and demonstrate that policies and their makers have sensitive reactionsto issues and that issue attention works as a major factor in policy outcomes.