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Social service is considered as an effective policy alternative for new social risk in Korean society. The concept and theoretical background of social service should be discussed for better social service policy. This paper tries to construct the conceptual framework and characteristics of social service. Concept of social service is classified into three categories, or broad, narrower, and narrowest. Social service has characteristics of quasi-public goods which has partially rivalry and partially exclusion. Interdisciplinary approach is essential for establishing social service paradigm. I hope that this paper become a clue for activating discussions on social service.

In the ear of new social risks, social service policy has been focused for rebuilding the social infrastructure. There are several different policy approaches in new social service policies compared with traditional social welfare policies such as consumer-directed, marketizing, devolution, etc. In this paper, I analyzed the issues of new policy orientations about Korean social service policies and suggested several policy recommendations. First, I had filed the recent situations about new social risks in Korean society and three stages of governmental welfare policy governance. In this section, I issued the agenda of responsibility in social service policy. Second, I review the historical context of state and market, and then found the balancing clue as a method of social service delivery. Third, for the community-oriented social service policy, the intergovernmental relations have been focused as an important area in social service policy. I analyzed the critical issues structures for devolution with social welfare, and then suggest regionalizing alternative as a compromise proposal. Finally, social service industry is also hot potato in Korean social policy, in the ear of growth without employment. I reviewed the issues and points of that policy area and proposed a few policy recommendations.

At the moment, issues on social welfare services delivery system are discrepancy between purposes and outcomes of Citizen’s Living Support Services, expansion of voucher provisions in the social welfare services and it’s impact on the public responsibility, implementation of new social care system for old people and negative effects of it’s competitive provisions, and influence of marketization and privatization of the social welfare services. These issues are related to the recent government policies to promote efficiency and effectiveness of social welfare services. In these contexts, this study tried to describe present problems and directions for the future in the social welfare services delivery system. For this purpose this study focused on two topics. The first is on the alternative features of local government delivery system securing it’s accountability and responsibility. Next is the need for the introduction of market-like strategy because of provider oriented present social welfare services system. This study also included reflections on the expected negative influences of market strategy concerning it’ s weakness on service user protection, quality assurance and qualified workforce. These two topics revealed close interdependency and their alternatives are simultaneously related to the making relevant partnerships between local governments and nongovernmental subjects.

In 2007, the Ministry of Health and Welfare has operated about 300 CSI(Community Service Investment) programs based on local governments’ needs with a newly constructed electronic voucher system. Generally, central government and local government affect each other by regulations and coordination. And they have to consider various situations and conditions like policy targets, policy actors, and authorities. Central government set up the main direction of social services, and local government may map out specific and effective managing plans. However, there is little empirical study about rational policy making through the connection of central and local government. This paper tries to do empirical case studies about CSI policy making process.

Korea have the national accreditation system for social enterprise which is very rare around world. According to the Social Enterprise Promotion Law, government give the accreditation to applicant organizations which succeed in passing seven criteria. Nowadays there are debates about whether each criterion is appropriate for promoting social enterprises in Korea. In this paper I explain the reason why the accreditation system was introduced and the evaluation of three-years experience. Three issues about criteria for accreditation are examined and new directions for accreditaion system are proposed.

Into the 21st century, Supply of cultural activity services for the disabled has steadily been increased in both on public sector and private sector. On the other hand, supply system of cultural activity services including management on the quality of services, user’s participation and so on is about to begin. In these contexts, this study tried to describe present problems and directions for the future of supply system of cultural activity services for the disabled. The study says that such a expansion of voucher provisions in market- like supply system, of a private sector in supply system, of a user’s participation in the process of program design are apparent. On the other hand, a service overlap and a segmental service are also apparent on this account of the absence of service network & service coordination in local government delivery system. In conclusion, This study on supply system of cultural activity services for the disabled has converged into two main issues; how to make good a deficiency with private sector and how reasonably to get rid of inefficiencies in the process of the supply system.