사회적 관심사건으로 인한 화학물질 안전관리 정책의 변화과정 분석: 「화학물질관리법」을 중심으로

This study analyzed the process of changes in chemical safety management policies following the occurrence of a socially significant chemical accident. Following the large-scale chemical accident in 2012, the「Chemical Substances Control Act」 was comprehensively revised in 2013, and the law was implemented in January 2015. The rapid changes that have occurred over the past two years since the accident have taken a different form from typical changes. To explain the process of change in chemical safety management policies, the Event Related Policy Change, and the Advocacy Coalition Framework model were used, and a combined analysis model that utilized the strengths and weaknesses of each policy model was applied. The research results show that the characteristics of changes in chemical safety management policies are as follows. First, high-profile Incident have become an opportunity to expand the policy area limited to experts into a change in awareness among the entire nation. Second, public interest became a decisive factor in changing the advocacy coalition's belief system. Third, policy changes due to social concerns produced concrete policy results in a relatively short period of time. Moreover, the analytical framework of the new combined model presented in this study offers new possibilities for understanding the process of rapid policy changes following the occurrence of an event.