코로나19 백신 정책 의사결정 과정에 대한 시민참여 분석 사례 연구: 시민사회단체의 평가와 대응을 중심으로

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The purpose of this study was to explore ways to activate collaborative governance of the COVID-19 vaccine policy decision-making process. We investigated (1) civil society organizations’(hereafter, CSO) perceptions on vaccine policy decision-making process; (2) political opportunity structure for the formation of cooperative governance; (3) the level of citizen participation of government committees related to vaccine policy. The analysis period was limited to the period from January 2020, when the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in South Korea, to June 2021. A case study was conducted using in-depth interview with CSO which had been actively involved in advocating for socially disadvantaged people. In addition, secondary data including the CSO’s advocacy reports, its website, and the vaccination policy committee minutes was also used. The findings open up several issues about vaccination policies from CSO’s perspectives: inequity in vaccine access, the lack of communication between civil society and government, government-led decision-making processes, and the absence of co-production of knowledge. Our findings highlight the constraints on the ‘political opportunity structures’ and collaborative governance. Even though CSO attempted to construct alternative countervailing power, which lies between adversarial and collaborative one, empowered participatory decision-making did not occur in vaccination policies. Evaluation of citizen participation related to national advisory committees on vaccine policies reveals the status of “tokenism”, supported by a window dressing ritual or one-way flow of information. Institutional design efforts should be required to advance collaborative governance.

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