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The results of the UK referendum in favour of leaving the European Union (EU) clearly put into question the European economic and political project as well as its institutional structure. This article argues that the Brexit may be a momentum to reform the institutional structure and procedural rules through which tax policy is made at the EU level. The UK referendum is indeed unlikely to further slow down the EU harmonization process in tax matters, which has always followed a tortuous path. Instead, the Brexit may give momentum to reform major weaknesses of the EU institutional and decision-making process in tax matters, in particular the unanimity rule and the role of the European Parliament. Finally, with regard to taxation specifically, the establishment of an EU tax, providing the EU with sufficient genuine own resource, could also reinforce EU's legitimacy by countering the criticisms related to Member States' contribution to the European budget.

This article investigates what happens when governmental actors foster the participation of non-state actors (NSAs) in treaty ratification and implementation decisions. NSAs, being non-governmental organisations, business groups, citizens, or research institutions among others represent interests that will be ultimately impacted by policy choices. While governments have long consulted them on an ad hoc basis, a "deliberative turn" happened in the 2000s to encourage their involvement, for greater legitimacy and transparency, through among others, the use of public consultations. This proactive turn raises questions about public consultations: are such instruments effective? Do they encourage new thinking? Do they matter for final decisions? This article answers these questions by investigating, using among others lexicometry tools, the public consultation organised by the European Commission in 2011 prior to the ratification of the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit sharing (ABS) by the European Union in 2014. The results are mixed. While the studied public consultation favoured the expression of small national NSAs the process is still poorly inclusive. NSAs did not propose any fresh ideas on the ABS issue and their final influence on European decision-makers is blurred by the diversity of interests expressed.

The EUROSUR system is supposed to further the surveillance of external borders of European Union Member States. From this point of view, it can be considered an important step in the construction of a controlled space. Drawing inspiration from the Foucauldian attention to programs and technologies, and mobilizing the Actor- Network-Theory concepts of setting and actant, the paper investigates EUROSUR main methodological operations. It highlights how the making of a controlled space is, first and foremost, a mise-en-discours going well beyond surveillance and pro- hibition: a continuous effort to make sense of a disparate multiplicity, encompassing both human and nonhuman elements, both controlled and controlling ones. From a theoretical perspective, the chapter contributes to on-going endeavors to reinvigor- ate the post-structuralist studies of International Relations with approaches inspired by Actor-Network-Theory.

In recent years, public authorities and civil-society organisations, driven by increasing public disengagement and a growing sense of distrust between the public and their representatives, have been instituting exercises in public deliberation, often using 'mini-publics', that is relatively small groups of citizens, selected according to various criteria and representing different viewpoints, brought together to deliberate on a particular issue. From small-scale experiments, mini- publics have recently taken a constitutional turn, at least in Europe. Iceland and Ireland have turned to deliberative democracy to reform their constitutions. Estonia, Luxembourg and Romania have also experienced constitutional processes in a deliberative mode. In Belgium, the G1000, a citizen-led initiative of deliberative democracy, has fostered a wider public debate about the place and role of citizens in the country's democracy. At the same time, the European Union institutions have introduced different forms of deliberative democracy as a way to reconnect with citizens. These empirical cases are indicative of a possible 'constitutional turn' in deliberative democracy in Europe. These examples of constitution-making happened in a particular time and place but they may also serve as models for other events.

The Red Devils, chocolate or beer and the King, such is the typical answers given to the oft-asked question of what is still holding Belgium together. To these three symbols, two extra elements are often added: the debt and Brussels, the capital of the country and of the Flemish Region/Community, the French Community (politically but not constitutionally the Wallonia-Brussels Federation), the European Union (to be more specific, one of the three capitals, along with Strasbourg and Luxemburg), while being as well the seat of the Brussels Capital Region. Generally, the list of factors of unity in Belgium ends with this short list. Is it already too long, or on the contrary, is it really too short? This is the main question of this chapter. Paradoxically, although this question often arises, there are very few scientific writings analyzing it. To do so, this chapter will discuss six sets of factors: historical, identity, socio-economic, political, international and symbolic. Nonetheless, it is important to take into account that such enterprise seeks to be informative and not prescriptive. This chapter does not assume that Belgium should be united. There are several points of view about what Belgium should be, and this contribution merely wishes to nurture the political debate by conveying an original approach on six types of factors.

Readmission which reflects capacity to manage patients and general level of medical services has been known for one of the causes of medical expenditure due to inefficient service. Compared to disease-specific readmission, hospital wide readmission (HWR) is relatively easy to understand, and has merit to get over limitation of collateral medical services assessment; therefore, a growing interest in development and usage of readmission indicator as quality of care indicator focusing on all-disease is detected. In this study, we investigate current state of risk standardized readmission rate indicator used in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, and examine the considerations when using readmission rate as quality indicator in Korea. Differences in risk-adjustment methods were showed among countries. The United States do not control race not to hide socio-demographic factors on readmission. Canada shows differentiation compared to other countries about reflecting community factors. All three-countries utilize readmission rate as monitoring quality of care rather than incentives or penalty due to the fact that readmission rate could not represent the whole quality of hospital and has a limitation at controlling socio-economic factors. Therefore, for usage readmission rate as quality indicator in Korea, preparing readmission classification standard for Korean medical environment and additional methods for acquiring information by using discharge summary is need. Moreover, continued discussion with clinical specialists is needed for obtain clinical reliability and validity. ; open

학위논문 (석사)-- 서울대학교 대학원 : 외교학과, 2012. 2. 신범식. ; 본 논문의 핵심 질문은 색깔 혁명 발생으로 민주화에 성공한 그루지야와 우크라이나의 이후 민주주의 발전 양상은 왜 달랐는가이다. 색깔 혁명 이후, 우크라이나의 민주주의는 진전을 보였지만, 그루지야는 그렇지 못했다. 본 연구는 색깔혁명 이후 미국과 러시아의 갈등 구도와 양국의 대(對) 그루지야, 우크라이나 정책이 각국의 국내 엘리트-대중 관계에서 엘리트 자율성, 그리고 민주화에 미친 영향에 주목하였다. 9.11 테러 이후 미국과 러시아는 협력 체제에 있었지만, 색깔 혁명의 발생으로 인해 양국은 갈등 구도에 들어서게 된다. 그루지야와 우크라이나는 미․러 갈등 구도의 중심에 있었다. 활용가능성의 요인으로 인해, 그루지야는 우크라이나보다 전략적 가치가 더 큰 곳이었다. 미․러 갈등 구도 속에서 그루지야 집권 엘리트들은 높은 엘리트 자율성을 가질 수 있었다. 미국은 그루지야에게 큰 경제 원조, 정치적 지원을 하였다. 또한 그루지야-러시아 관계 악화와 2008년 전쟁 발발은 정권의 권위주의 정책을 정당화하고 국내를 결집시키는 기제로 작용하여 그루지야 집권 엘리트들이 높은 자율성을 갖게 해주었고, 이는 민주화 저해로 이어졌다. 우크라이나는 그루지야와 반대였다. 미․러 갈등 구도 속에서 우크라이나 엘리트들은 낮은 자율성을 가졌다. 우크라이나의 집권 엘리트들은 서방과 러시아 양측 모두로부터 확고한 정치적, 경제적 지원을 얻을 수 없었다. 오히려 러시아의 정책으로 인해 국내의 반 오렌지, 대항 엘리트가 공고해지면서, 집권 엘리트의 자율성은 낮아졌다. 엘리트들의 낮은 자율성과 대중에 대한 높은 의존성은 대중 영합주의 정책과 정국 불안의 결과를 낳았으나, 이는 오렌지 혁명 이후 우크라이나 민주주의의 발전을 제한적으로나마 가능하게 해주었다. 본 연구는 민주화 연구에서 그동안 비교적 주목을 덜 받아온 국제적 요인을 다루고, 외교 정책, 국내 엘리트-대중 관계, 민주화의 연계를 통합적으로 보여준다는 점에서 함의가 있다. 본고는 많은 기존 연구들이 상정해 온, 민주화에 대한 서구 민주화 증진 정책의 긍정적 영향과 권위주의 국가의 부정적 영향이라는 단순한 명제의 한계를 드러내주고 있다. 또한 민주주의 지원 정책에서 민주화 단계별로 정책을 달리할 필요성에 대해서 시사한다. ; What caused the difference in democratic trajectories between Georgia and Ukraine after the Color Revolutions? Since the occurrence of the Color Revolutions, Georgia's democracy has laid in tatters, whereas Ukraine has achieved a relatively successful democracy. Georgia and Ukraine share similar domestic determinants which have been discussed in previous democratization literature. This study, however, focuses on the international factor as an explanation for the different democratic fates of democracy between the two countries. Comparing both countries, this thesis uses a framework that integrates international factors, elite autonomy in domestic elite-mass relations, and democratization. The study argues that international factors, specifically the foreign policies of the US and Russia, provide an explanation for the difference in democratic outcomes for the two countries. Following the events of September 11, 2001, US-Russian relations improved. However, the occurrence of the Color Revolutions caused deterioration in the ties between the two countries, and both started to adopt different foreign policies towards the post-Soviet region. Caught in the middle of this conflict between the two great powers were Georgia and Ukraine. The unconditional US support for Georgia and Russia's assertive policy towards Georgia which culminated in the Russian-Georgian War in 2008 enabled the Georgian elites to attain high elite autonomy, thus resulting in democratic stagnation for Georgia. In contrast, Ukraine did not garner the support of either the US or Russia; rather, it was pressured by Russia. The anti-Orange elites in Ukraine were effectively supported by Russia, and, thus, were able to function as a forceful political opposition to the incumbent elites. Therefore, the Ukrainian elites only garnered low autonomy, which resulted in democratic progress in Ukraine despite domestic political chaos. This study contributes to further understanding of the impact of international factors upon democratization. In addition, this thesis creates implications for democracy promotion policy. The conclusion of the thesis challenges the predominant assumption that Western democracy promotion is conducive to actually democratization, and that authoritarian countries' authoritarian promotion policy is harmful to democratization. In the process of democracy promotion policy, policymakers and implementers need both careful monitoring of the process of democratic assistance and coordination with other countries. ; Master

Abstention is a key issue for any representative democracy. Turnout has a direct impact on the input legitimacy of the democratic system, but also eventually on the output legitimacy, that is on the policies that are designed and implemented. This issue has long sparked debate about the determinants of abstention in elections and its consequences both for politics and for policies. Yet, a multi-level approach is often missing. While the second-order elections theory has shown that different levels of elections mean different levels of turnout, it has been criticized theoretically for its so-called nationalist – i.e. in favor of national elections – bias and methodologically because it typically assesses elections not held on the same day. The last elections held in Belgium offer a fertile ground of investigation for multi-level abstention as the regional, federal and European elections were organized the very same day, under the rule of compulsory voting. This paper aims at presenting and discussing the real abstention rates at the three levels of elections, as well as for the local elections. The 2014 PartiRep voter survey offers an original way to explore the potential abstention – that is electoral participation in the absence of compulsory voting – as the respondents were not asked the typical single question about their potential electoral participation if compulsory voting was to be abolished, but a fourfold question asking them whether they would always, often, sometimes or never vote at the local, regional, federal and European elections. The results will show that there is a significant amount of the voters who would vote differently: 437 of them (22%) would always vote at one – level of – election, but not always at the other ones. The paper seeks to assess this potential multi-level abstention in light of socio-demographic and political (namely party) variables. This contribution will thus shed new light on the issue of abstention – both real and potential – in its multi-level dimension.

학위논문(석사)--서울대학교 대학원 :인문대학 국사학과,2019. 8. 정용욱. ; This paper analyzes the organization and activities of the UNKRA(United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency), which was established and operated under the UN General Assembly in the 1950s for Korean rehabilitation and reconstruction. Through this, this research tries to understand the problem of economic reconstruction in Korea after the Korean War. When UNKRA was founded, the United Nations forces anticipated military success and an early cessation of hostalities. However, Chinese intervention in Korea might prolong hostilites and hamper rehabilitation and recovery indefinitely. In the early years, UNKRA could not fully implement the reconstruction program until the military situation had settled down. Instead, it operated under military supervision. During the war, UNKRA mainly seconded its experts to the UNCACK(United Nations Civil Assistance Command in Korea). After September 1952, CINCUNC, UNKRA and the Government of the Republic of Korea agreed to start as much basic rehabilitation and reconsruction program as the military situation would allow. Nevertheless, the general situation had made it necessary to accord the first priority to the importation of consumer goods. Furthermore, UNKRA proceeded to develop comprehensive plans and programs in the support of the UN specialized agencies and the Nathan Associates. The Nathan Associates developed the Five-Year Plan for the reconstruction of Korea, which meant Korea could achieve economic independence in five years. It suggested that the major portion of investment would go into sectors of physical production and distribution where the direct, measurable impacts on national output would be heaviest and quickest. However, despite of the desirability of a large social investment programs in Korea after the Korean War, they did not emphasize upon social investment because of limited resources for reconstruction. After Armistice in July 1953, UNKRA actually launched the reconstruction program. However, UNKRA could not take over responsibility for all relief and rehabilitation activities because the United States developed a defense support program for South Korea after the war. That is, UNKRA was assigned a certain segment to operate and the rehabilitation of the war was coordinated through the OEC(Office of the Economic Coordinator). Nevertheless, UNKRA was independent from the defense support program of the United States and could emphasize on non-military areas of the economy. UNKRA's largest over-all investment allocation was made in the idustrial field. UNKRA undertook the reconstruction of the major industrial plants and the construction of new manufacturing facilities in the important sectors of manufacturing industries. In spite of many problems in operation and shortages of funds, it provided the capital and engineering for industrial expansion in Korea. ; 본고는 1950년대 한국의 전후 재건과 부흥을 위해 유엔 총회 산하에 설립되어 활동했던 유엔한국재건단(UNKRA: United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency)의 조직과 활동을 고찰하였다. 재건단 원조는 1950년대 대한원조의 주축이었던 미국의 대한원조와는 독립된 방식으로 운영되었다. 그러므로 본고는 재건단의 설립과 위상변화 과정, 재건구상과 활동의 실제를 살펴보고 그 의미를 밝히고자 하였다. 유엔한국재건단은 한국전쟁에서 유엔군이 승리하여 조속히 전투가 종료되고 통일이 이루어질 것이라는 전망 속에서 설립된 기구였다. 재건단은 전투 종료 이후 통일된 한반도에서 긴급 구호와 기초시설의 재건, 생산성 확대에 이르기까지 대한원조 전반을 총괄하는 기구로서 수립되었다. 그러나 1950년 12월 1일 수립 이후 전쟁이 장기화되면서 독자적인 활동영역을 확보하지 못하였고, 유엔군사령부가 경제원조를 포함하여 한국에서의 전반적인 권한을 보유하는 가운데 재건단은 주로 유엔사의 활동을 보조하는 위치에 머물렀다. 그리하여 전시에 재건단은 본격적인 사업에 돌입하지 못하는 대신, 유엔사 산하에서 구호와 단기복구를 담당하는 기관인 유엔한국민사처(UNCACK)에 민간인력을 파견하는 것으로 주요 활동을 대체하였다. 1952년 중반 이후 전선이 안정되고 한국 경제의 위기가 심화되면서 유엔사, 한국정부, 재건단 사이에 본격적인 재건사업이 시작되어야 한다는 합의에 이르렀지만, 극심한 인플레이션으로 인해 재건단의 활동은 일부 소비재를 수입하는 것에 그쳤다. 이와 더불어 전시 재건단은 전쟁 종료 후 본격적인 재건사업에 돌입하는 단계를 준비하며 각종 조사를 실시했다. 재건단의 의뢰에 의해 유엔 전문기구들은 농·수산업, 교육, 보건 등 분야별 조사를 담당하였고, 네이산 협회는 이를 포괄하는 전반적인 재건계획을 제출하였다. 재건단의 의뢰로 작성된 네이산 보고서는 한국에서 5년 간의 재건계획을 수행하여 전전과 비슷한 생활수준을 회복하고, 국제수지의 균형을 맞출 수 있을 것으로 전망하였다. 이를 위해 생산영역에 집중적으로 투자하면서, 농산물, 수산물, 광물 등 자연자원을 개발하여 수출을 증진한다는 계획을 제시하였다. 전후 한국사회에서 주택, 보건, 복지 등의 분야에 대한 필요가 절실했지만, 사회서비스나 복지 분야는 직접적인 생산력 증대를 불러오는 분야가 아니라는 점에서 재건계획 상 상대적으로 후순위에 배치되었다. 1953년 7월 휴전협정 체결 이후 재건단은 본격적으로 재건사업에 착수하였다. 그러나 이때에도 재건단은 한국 재건사업에서 전반적인 권한을 보유하지 못했는데, 미국의 전후 구상에 따라 방위지원을 주축으로 하는 미국의 대한원조가 중심이 되고 유엔 원조기구의 위상이 상대적으로 축소되었기 때문이다. 결국 재건단은 미국 원조기관과의 협의에 따라 한정된 영역에서만 사업을 진행할 수 있었다. 그럼에도 재건단은 독자적인 조직을 유지하며 담당 부문에서 자체 사업을 진행하였고, 원조의 내용에서도 미국 원조와는 다른 특성을 보였다. 즉 미국 원조가 주로 소비재 판매대금을 통해 막대한 국방비를 충당하고 경제를 안정화하는 데 초점을 맞추었던 것과 달리, 재건단은 장기적으로 한국경제의 생산력을 증진시키는 것이 필요하다고 보고 시설투자와 기술원조가 결합된 형태의 원조를 주로 진행하였다. 재건단 원조에서 전시기에 걸쳐 가장 많은 비중을 차지한 것은 공업 부문이었다. 재건단의 공업 부문 원조는 소비재에서 생산재까지 여러 분야에 걸쳐 진행되었고, 노후화된 기존 시설을 대체하고 전쟁으로 파괴된 시설을 복구하는 것 이상으로 신규투자를 통해 새롭게 공장을 건설하기도 했다. 특히 재건단은 중소규모 기업에 자금과 기술, 시설을 제공하는 한편, 면방직 공업이나 시멘트 공업, 판유리 공업과 같은 몇몇 분야를 전략적으로 성장시켜 국내 생산을 증가시키고 수입을 대체하고자 했다. 이와 같은 재건단의 원조는 운영상의 여러 문제점을 노정하였으나, 한국의 초기 전후 복구 과정에 상당 부분 기여했다. ; 머리말 1 一. 전시 유엔한국재건단의 설립과 재건구상 7 1. 재건단의 설립과 유엔군사령부와의 관계 정립 7 2. 전후 재건구상 18 二. 전후 유엔한국재건단의 조직과 활동 25 1. 휴전 이후 재건단의 대외적 위상 변화 25 2. 재건단 내부의 조직운영과 예산 구성 34 3. 재건단의 활동 분석―공업 부문을 중심으로 47 맺음말 59 참고문헌 62 Abstract 67 ; Master

학위논문 (석사)-- 서울대학교 대학원 : 사회학과, 2012. 2. 장덕진. ; 경제적 세계화와 국내 정치가 조세정책에 미치는 영향 연구 : 1981년 - 2008년 OECD 18개국을 대상으로 서울대학교 대학원 사회학과 박 기 웅 본 논문은 한 사회의 균열을 반영하는 국내 정치가 경제적 세계화의 흐름 속에서 자율적인 정책 형성 능력을 유지하는지 밝히고자 한다. 세계화의 논리는 국가공동체 및 민주주의의 논리와 갈등을 일으키고, 이러한 갈등은 국내의 다양한 경제·사회정책 영역의 투쟁으로 드러난다. 특히 국가의 물질적 기반과 직결되는 조세정책은 경제적 세계화의 영향력을 받는 동시에 국가의 재분배 정책 의지를 반영한다는 점에서 중요한 지표이다. 본 연구는 경제적 세계화와 국내 정치의 경쟁적 관계에 대한 실마리를 찾고자 조세정책의 주요 세목인 법인세를 연구 대상으로 삼았다. 지난 30년 간 사회과학계는 신자유주의적 세계화의 효과에 대해 수렴 가설과 다양성 가설로 대표되는 논쟁을 지속해왔다. 먼저 수렴 가설은 자본을 유치하기 위한 조세경쟁이 정부의 조세정책 능력을 구조적으로 제약하고 국내 정책 결정에 대한 주권을 약화시켜, 각 국의 정책을 하향 수렴(race to the bottom)시킨다고 주장한다. 반면 다양성 가설은 국내적 요인(정당정치, 노조 등)에 의해 세계화의 영향력이 매개되어 개별 국가가 세계화의 파괴적인 영향력을 막아낼 수 있다고 본다. 뿐만 아니라 다양성 가설은 국가 별, 레짐(regime) 별로 세계화 양상이 유의한 차이를 보인다는 점에 주목한다. 두 입장의 이론적인 대립과 비교할 때, 그간의 경험 연구들은 대부분 다양성 가설 혹은 정치 중심(Politics Matter)의 주장들을 뒷받침해왔다. 본 논문은 기존의 경험 연구가 지닌 한계를 극복하고 레짐 별 차이를 확인하기 위해, 1981년부터 2008년까지 선진 산업국가의 법인세 정책 변화를 패널교정표준오차(Panel-Corrected Standard Error) 회귀모델로 분석하였다. 분석 결과 첫째, 법정법인세율은 경제적 세계화 변수(금융자유화, 무역의존도)와 강한 부(-)의 관계를 보였다. 이 결과는 경제적 세계화가 진행될수록 조세경쟁이 심화되고 법정법인세율이 낮아진다는 점에서 수렴 가설을 지지하는 근거가 된다. 하지만 여전히 정당과 노조를 비롯한 국내 정치적 변수도 부분적으로 영향을 미치고 있다는 점에서 국내 정치의 영향력이 무의미해졌다고 해석하기는 어렵다. 둘째, 개인소득세 최고세율과 법정 법인세율의 차이를 나타내는 세율 격차는 경제적 세계화 변수와 정(+)의 관계를 보였다. 즉 경제적 세계화가 진행될수록 세율 격차는 점점 더 커지고, 그에 따라 세입 증대 억제와 소득세의 누진성 약화와 같은 조세경쟁의 간접적 효과가 나타나는 것이다. 국내 정치 요소 중 정당 정치 변수의 영향력은 사라졌지만 노조의 영향력은 여전히 유효하였다. 셋째, Esping-Anderson이 제시한 복지국가 레짐 분류가 세계화에 대한 대응에서 어떤 차이점과 공통점을 보이는지 확인하기 위해 법정법인세율에 대한 레짐 별 분석을 시도하였다. 그 결과 경제적 세계화 변수는 레짐과 무관하게 부(-)의 관계를 나타내면서 효율성(수렴) 가설을 강하게 뒷받침하고, 국내 정치 변수는 부분적으로만 다양성 가설을 지지한다는 사실을 확인했다. 세부적으로 경제적 세계화 변수는 사민주의 레짐의 법인세 정책에 가장 강한 영향력을 나타냈고, 정당 정치 변수는 자유주의 레짐에서, 노조 변수는 보수주의 레짐에서 유의하게 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과를 종합하면, OECD 국가들의 법인세 정책에는 조세경쟁으로 인한 '강한 수렴'과 국내 정치의 매개를 통한 '약한 다양성' 경향이 드러난다고 할 수 있다. 즉, 자본의 영향력 증대와 정치의 퇴각으로 인한 정책 자율성의 축소는 세계 경쟁의 틀에 구속되어 있는 선진 산업 국가에서 보편적으로 관찰되는 현상인 것이다. 또한 연구 결과는 신자유주의적 세계화가 진행된 이래 정치사회학적 의미의 민주주의 기반이 흔들리고 있으며 동시에 민주주의의 왜소화가 빠르게 진행되고 있음을 암시한다. 이는 선진 복지국가만의 문제가 아니라, 전 세계적인 신자유주의적 재편 과정의 일부이며 또한 '미국의 길'을 걷고 있는 한국의 문제이기도 하다. 따라서 향후 한국에서 전개될 복지국가 논쟁은 국내 정치를 제약하는 경제적 세계화의 영향력에 대해 심화된 고민을 필요로 한다. ; Effects of Economic Globalization and Domestic Politics on Tax Policy - Focused on 18 OECD Countries, 1981-2008 - Park, Kiwoong Department of Sociology Graduate School Seoul National University The purpose of this study is to find out whether domestic politics, which reflect social cleavage, still preserves its autonomy which enables policy making in the era of economic globalization. The logic of globalization confronts with the logic of nation community and democracy, and this conflict comes out as a struggle within various domestic economic/social policy areas. Especially, tax policy, directly connected with the country's material base, is important because it not only is influenced by economic globalization but also reflects the state's redistribution policy will. Main target of this research is the corporate tax, major item of tax policy, to inquire about the competitive relationship between economic globalization and domestic politics. There has been an acute debate about the effect of neoliberal globalization between convergence hypothesis and diversity hypothesis. First, convergence hypothesis insists that tax competition to attract capital structurally constrains the state's tax policy capacity and weakens its sovereignty in internal policy decision. As a result, each country's policy enters the race to the bottom. Diversity hypothesis, however, maintains that an individual nation can protect itself from globalization's destructive influence by domestic factors (party politics, institution, etc.). Also, this stance focuses on the differentiated effect of globalization by country and regime. Based on such debate, most previous empirical researches have backed up the diversity hypothesis or the 'Politics Matter' argument. This paper has analyzed the corporate tax change of the advanced industrial states between 1981 and 2008 by OLS-PCSE(Panel-Corrected Standard Error) model to overcome the limits of previous empirical researches and to verify the characteristics by regime. The analysis result is as follow. First, statutory corporate tax rate shows a strong negative relation with economic globalization variables (financial liberalization, trade openness). This result supports convergence hypothesis by showing off that the tax competition deepens and statutory corporate tax rate decreases as economic globalization proceeds. But it cannot be interpreted that the influence of domestic politics has become meaningless since internal politics variables, such as party and labor union, still keeps their influence. Second, tax rate difference between the highest individual income tax rate and statutory corporate tax rate is positively related with economic globalization variable. It means that the tax rate difference becomes larger and the indirect effect of the tax competition, for example, control on tax revenue increase and weakened income tax's progressivity, as the economic globalization progresses. Though the influence of party politics variable among internal politics factors has faded away, labor union's influence is still effective. Third, statutory corporate tax rate analysis, according to regime, is performed to verify how Esping-Anderson's welfare state regime classification applies to response to globalization. As a result, regardless of regime, economic globalization variable shows negative relationship. This result strongly supports effective convergence hypothesis, and confirms that the internal politics variable support the diversity hypothesis in part only. Specifically, economic globalization variable presents the strongest influence on social democratic regime's tax policy, while party politics variable is significant in liberal regime. Labor union variable is significant in conservative regime. Putting together the result of this study, OECD countries' corporate tax policy reveals a 'strong convergence' due to tax competition and a 'weak diversity' carried by domestic politics. That is, reduction of domestic policy's autonomy due to augmented influence of capital and retreat of politics is a universal phenomenon in advanced industrial states which are confined in the framework of global competition. It can be referred that the base of democracy - in the way of political sociology - is waving and trivialization of democracy is proceeding. This is not only the problem of the advanced welfare state, but also a phase of global neoliberal reorganization and Korea, which is on the way of 'The Road to USA.' Thus, the influence of economic globalization which can constrain internal politics should be concerned in the welfare state debate in Korea. ; Master

Some states are widely recognized by policy makers and scholars as middle powers. The characteristics that were highlighted for these countries have become the basic guidelines for understanding middle powermanship and developing the corresponding theory. While those analyses offer rich in-depth insights into the foreign policy of specific countries, they have so far lacked a further step of generalization. When establishing such power-based rankings, we assume the possibility to determine states' capacities so as to identify their position in said ranking. As appealing as this theoretical model may be, the reality of international politics increasingly challenge it. Thus, we argue that this theoretical inadequacy is due to the fact that middle power theory as it has been developed so far should be understood as an inductive, not a deductive, approach . Consequently, the contemporary reality calls for yet another stage of development in this theory. The choice of Pakistan as our case study arises from the observation that while Pakistan can hardly fit into the current classification(s) of middle powermanship due to its poor economic and development performances, it is a nuclear state and is –at least– in the top twenty armies of the world. Moreover, we find several cases in which Pakistan has used the diplomatic tools characterizing middle powers, such as mediation or niche diplomacy. Our paper aims at answering two questions: (1) can middle power theory bring some light on Pakistan's positioning in world politics? (2) Alternatively, what does the case of Pakistan tell us about the (ir)relevance of middle power theory? We build upon role theory to develop the case of middle powermanship as a status-role bundle, by analyzing three specific cases of Pakistan's foreign policy: Pakistani nuclear posturing, its Afghan policy and its posturing vis-à-vis the Saudi-Iranian regional competition.

In May 2014 and for the second time in her political history, regional, federal and European elections were organized simultaneously in Belgium. In the direct follow-up of the sixth state reform that increased the powers and the autonomy of the Belgian Regions and Communities, these elections were crucial for the future of the country and for the multi-level coalition formation at the regional and federal levels. The political campaign was dominated by socio-economic issues and demands for further autonomy, particularly in the Flemish region. Regional electoral results confirmed the success of the regionalist parties in Flanders, but also in Brussels and in the German-speaking community. These successes allowed regionalist parties to enter all regional and federal governments – often as the dominant party – with the exception of the Walloon and the French-speaking Community cabinets.

학위논문 (석사)-- 서울대학교 대학원 : 외교학과, 2012. 2. 신욱희. ; 본 연구는 구조적 환경과 행위자의 선택, 그리고 구조와 선택을 매개한 정책결정자의 인식의 상호작용을 통해 1960년대 중반 북한 자주외교노선의 결정요인을 분석하고자 한다. 정권수립 이후 북한은 동아시아에 형성된 냉전 구조 속에서 사회주의 대국이었던 소련과 중국에게 편승함으로써 상대적으로 "밖"의 문제보다 "안"의 문제에 집중할 수 있었다. 김일성은 경쟁세력을 차례로 숙청하며 권력을 집중화할 수 있었고, 단일지도체제를 구축할 수 있었다. 하지만 김일성은 1956년 소련공산당 제20차 대회 이후 전개된 흐루시초프의 신노선에 소극적으로 대응하였고, 이에 정권의 중심에서 밀려나 있던 소련파와 연안파의 불만을 촉진시켰다. 김일성에 대한 개인숭배 심화와 당 지도부의 경제, 인사 정책에 불만을 가졌던 경쟁 세력은 외부의 힘을 이용하여 당의 노선 변화를 도모하고자 하였고, 이러한 계획은 1956년 8월 전원회의를 통해 현실화되었다. 하지만 사전에 계획을 인지하고 있었던 김일성의 방해로 인해 연안파와 소련파의 계획은 실패하였고, 주도자들은 종파주의자로 낙인 찍혀 대규모 숙청의 대상이 되었다. 하지만 김일성의 과도한 권력집중을 일탈로 우려한 소련과 중국은 미코얀과 펑더화이를 파견하여 북한의 내정에 간섭하였다. 이로써 김일성의 반(反)대국주의 의식은 심화되었고, 이후 중소분쟁이 본격적으로 시작하면서 국내정치에서 외부의 힘을 제거하고 단일지도체제를 구축하였다. 1960년대가 시작되면서 중국과 소련의 갈등은 이념적 차원을 넘어 정책적 차원으로 확대되었으며 북한은 국내외의 문제에 사로잡힌 양국의 관심에서 벗어나 본격적으로 대외관계를 주도할 수 있었다. 이전까지 북한의 대외관계는 소련과 중국의 압도적인 영향력 아래 있었지만 상호방위조약을 통해 양국과 대등한 관계를 형성함은 물론 제3세계 국가들과의 대외관계를 적극적으로 확대하면서 자주외교노선의 기틀을 마련하였다. 소련공산당 20차 대회와 중소분쟁으로 이어지는 사회주의 진영의 구조적 환경의 변화 속에서 김일성을 비롯한 당 지도부는 역사적으로 형성된 반(反)대국주의 인식으로 인해 어느 한 국가에 대한 일방적인 편승을 배제한 채 1960년대 중반 대외적으로 자주외교노선을 공식화할 수 있었다. ; The purpose of this paper is to analyse North Korea's foreign policy, called the self-reliance foreign policy, which was implemented in the mid-1960s. Among the various factors that can influence foreign policy, this paper concentrates on the interaction of structure, decision maker's intention, and perception or values according to Carlsnaes' dynamic model of analysing foreign policy change. After nation building, there have been two critical structural diversions in the Communist bloc—the Twentieth Party Congress of the CPUS in February 1956 and the Sino-Soviet conflict that began in the late 1950s. In each event, Kim Il-sung attempted to increase DPRK's policy-making autonomy and exclude the political leverage of two brotherhood countries, Soviet and China, in the domestic politics. Kim's strong anti-great power chauvinism was strengthened from his past experiences, and it was reinforced by two countries' intervention in 1956. These two primary elements had influenced Kim Il-sung's foreign policy decision making during his reign. In the late 1950s, Kim and his partisans concluded the intra-party conflict with two rival groups, the Soviet Korean and Yan'an groups. These events completely monopolized power in domestic politics. As the dispute between China and Soviet aggravated in the 1960s, North Korea could secure its policy-making autonomy from these two countries. It had become more equal that North Korea extended its diplomatic relations to the Third World nations in this period. On the basis of the consecutive policies, North Korea could implement the self-reliance foreign policy in around 1965. ; Master

The name of a party is an important dimension of its political position. Often, the label used by a political party in its name tells much about its ideology. But, since in most cases, only a few parties compete for each election it is difficult to undertake large qualitative and quantitative analyses of party names. Local elections can provide an interesting option, however. Indeed, in several cases, we find lots of different names, and not only the usual national party labels. In the last local elections in Wallonia, one of the three Belgian Regions, 1012 lists were in competition. Such data provide a fertile ground for analysis. To study the name of the lists, we proceed in two steps. First, we build a typology of the names. We classify the lists in different categories: lists with national party name, lists with a clear reference to a national party, lists with an ideological label, lists with a clear reference to the commune's name, lists with a reference to the communal level but also lists with a reference to democracy, to a union or alliance, to change and an alternative way of doing politics, to the future, with puns, and with a reference to a person. In the second step, using multinomial regressions, we show where the different types of lists can be found and above all we look at their electoral performances and thus test the hypothesis whether the party name matters or not.

The Bologna Process experienced a rapidly growing and an unexpected level of support. The authors revisit the key moments of the strategic promotion of the Bologna model and address the issue of the advantages other countries from other continents might gain from lining up with versions of the Bologna model. During the first years, the Process drew on a wide variety of practices and methods, but once it was taken out of Europe, it turned into a closed system based on strict principles. Europe still expresses doubts but it spreads its certainties as it integrates them in its new Licence-Master-Doctorate (LMD) system, which is presented as universally relevant, even though they represent only one particular means of conceiving, addressing and resolving the problems of higher education systems. The example of the export of such a model in Africa can lead people to worry that it might add up to nothing more than a 'sovereignty bubble' in a political system that sorely needs to encourage creativity, critical stances and collective endeavours.