Conditions for Parliamentary Success

If policies cannot be connected to votes, even National Assembly members who are concerned about the country and wish to work for the people will inevitably lose their motivation. For the National Assembly to become a cradle of public discourse where policies are discussed, each member must be able to personally affirm that 'political growth is only possible through policy.' With this in mind, the EAI National Assembly Reform Team has devised a structure and operational method for the National Assembly that would spotlight members engaging in policy discussions.

Table of Contents

[General] Conditions for Parliamentary Success: Autonomy, Policy Capacity, and Leadership in Integration | Park Chan-wook

Part I: Competencies and Virtues of National Assembly Members

Chapter 1: National Assembly Members and Policy | Park Se-il

Chapter 2: National Assembly Members and Ethics: Reform Proposals for the Ethics Committee | Lim Sung-ho

Part II: The National Assembly and Political Society

Chapter 3: The National Assembly and the President | Jeong Jong-seop

Chapter 4: Enhancing the Transformative Capacity of the National Assembly and Expanding Member Autonomy | Kang Won-taek

Chapter 5: The National Assembly and Civil Society | Kim Eui-young

Part III: The National Assembly: Structure and Operation

Chapter 6: Parliamentary Structure and Composition: Seeking a 'Balanced Assembly' with Policy Capacity | Park Chan-wook

Chapter 7: Reform of the Legislative Process | Kim Min-jeon

Chapter 8: Legislative Support System | Park Jae-chang

Part IV: Checks and Balances: Finance and Hearings

Chapter 9: Checks and Balances on National Finances | Park Jae-wan

Chapter 10: Parliamentary Oversight of the Executive Branch: Focusing on State Audits, Inspections, and Hearings | Lee Yeon-ho

Authors

Kang Won-taek (康元澤)

Graduated from Seoul National University, Department of Geography; Ph.D. in Political Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Formerly Senior Researcher at the Institute for Modern Economic Studies and Visiting Research Fellow at the Kyungnam University Institute for Far Eastern Studies. Currently Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Soongsil University. Author of "Analysis of Support for Third Candidates in South Korean Presidential Elections," "Protest Voting and Abstention under Plurality Rule Elections: An Alternative Public Choice Approach," and editor of <Korean Electoral Politics: Ideology, Region, Generation, and Media>.

Kim Min-jeon (金玟甸)

Graduated from Seoul National University, Department of Diplomacy; Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Iowa, USA. Formerly Policy Analyst in the Legislative and Budget Office and Professor at the Training Institute of the National Assembly Secretariat. Currently Professor at the Graduate School of Techno-Management, Kyung Hee University. Author of "Evaluation of Past Electoral District Apportionments for the National Assembly: Focusing on Vote Equality and Fairness Among Parties" and "Strategic Intentions and Outcomes of Electoral System Changes: Focusing on Past National Assembly Elections," among others.

Kim Byung-kook (金炳局)

Graduated from Seoul National University, Department of Economics; Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University, USA. Formerly member of the Presidential Advisory Council on Policy Planning. Visiting Professor Ralph I. Straus at Harvard University's Kennedy School. Currently Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University; Director of EAI; Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of East Asian Studies. Author of <Dynamics of Division and Revolution>, <State, Region, International System: Change and Continuity>, and Consolidating Democracy in South Korea.

Kim Eui-young (金義英)

Graduated from Seoul National University, Department of Political Science; Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan, USA. Formerly Visiting Research Fellow at the Sejong Institute and Visiting Research Fellow at the Kyungnam University Institute for Far Eastern Studies. Currently Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Kyung Hee University, and concurrently Professor at the Graduate School of NGO Studies, Kyung Hee University. Author of "South Korean Politics in the 21st Century: Focusing on Interest Group Politics," "Reform Directions for Interest Group Politics in Korea," and "Reconstructing the Developmental State," "Rethinking the Role of Business Interest Groups in South Korea."

Park Jae-wan (朴宰完)

Graduated from Seoul National University, Department of Economics; Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University, USA. Formerly Deputy Auditor at the Board of Audit and Inspection, Administrative Officer in the Ministry of Finance, Secretary in the Presidential Secretariat, and Research Director for the Korean Association for Public Administration and the Korean Policy Studies Association. Currently Professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration, Sungkyunkwan University. Author of <Vision and Strategy for National Innovation, Major Theories of Policy Studies>, and Building Good Governance: Reforms in Seoul.

Park Jae-chang (朴載昌)

Graduated from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Department of Political Science and International Relations; Ph.D. in Public Administration from the State University of New York, USA. Formerly Fellow at the American Political Science Association's Congressional Fellowship Program, Advisory Committee Member of the American Congressional Institute, Chairman of the Local Administration Committee of the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs, and President of the Korean Association for Public Administration. Currently Professor at the Department of Political Administration, Sookmyung Women's University. Author of <Korean Parliamentary Administration>, <Theory of Electronic Parliament in Korea>, <Parliament and the People>, <Government and NGOs>, among others.

Park Chan-wook (朴贊郁)

Graduated from Seoul National University, Department of Political Science; Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Iowa, USA. Formerly Professor at Franklin & Marshall College, Vice Dean of the College of Social Sciences at Seoul National University, Director of the Seoul National University Center for American Studies, Visiting Professor at Duke University, Director of the Future Human Resources Research Institute, and Secretary-General of the Korean Political Science Association. Currently Professor at the Department of Political Science, Seoul National University. Editor of <Proportional Representation System>, co-author of <Parliamentary Politics in Korea>, and co-translator of <The Third Way and Its Critics>.

Lee Yeon-ho (李年鎬)

Graduated from Yonsei University, Department of Political Science and International Relations; M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, UK. Formerly ESRC Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK. Currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Yonsei University. Author of The State, Society and Big Business in South Korea, among others.

Lim Sung-ho (林成浩)

Graduated from Sogang University, Department of Political Science and International Relations; Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. Formerly Research Director for the Korean Political Science Association, Editorial Director for the Korean Society of Political Studies, and Research and Editorial Director for the Parliamentary Development Research Group. Currently Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Kyung Hee University (on sabbatical) and Visiting Professor at Yale University and Simmons College, USA. Author of "Party Politicization within the National Assembly and Political Reform," and "Changes and Continuities in US Congressional-Presidential Relations," among others.

Jang Hoon (張 勳)

Graduated from Seoul National University, Department of Political Science; Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University, USA. Formerly Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Hallym University, and Director of the Korean Association of International Politics. Currently Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Chung-Ang University. Author of "The 1997 Presidential Election in South Korea," "The Origins of Instability in the South Korean Presidential System," and "Party Politics in the Decade of Democratization."

Jeong Jong-seop (鄭宗燮)

Graduated from Seoul National University, Department of Law; Ph.D. in Law from Yonsei University. Passed the 24th Judicial Examination; formerly Constitutional Researcher at the Constitutional Court and Professor at the College of Law, Konkuk University. Currently Professor at the School of Law, Seoul National University. Author of <Constitutional Research 1, 2, 3, 4>, <Constitutional Adjudication Research 1>, <Constitutional Case Law Research 1>, <South Korea's Judicial System and Development Model>, and <Constitutional Litigation Law>.

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