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100			_aIm, Tobin
245			_aRevisiting Confucian bureaucracy: Roots of the Korean government's culture and competitiveness
260			_c2013
300			_ap.286-296.
362			_aOct
520			_aThis paper looks at Korea's Chosun dynasty bureaucracy and the Neo-Confucian principles that formed the basis of its governing philosophy. We argue that Korea's traditional bureaucracy had a number of modern characteristics, including a system of formal and informal checks on the powers of the sovereign and a decision-making system that encouraged deliberation among highly qualified civil servants. On the basis of this exposition, we also argue that there are strong links between the traditional bureaucracy and its current, modern form. We firstly show how the institutionalization of a strong state during the period of rapid development was as much a return to traditional governing principles as it was a revolution and, secondly, how contemporary organizational culture is shaped by Korea's Confucian heritage. In the final section, we argue that the distinctive characteristics of the Korean bureaucracy have played an important role in limiting the success of a number of Western-oriented reform efforts. - Reproduced.
650			_aBureaucracy
700			_aCha, Seyeong
700			_aCampbell, Jesse W.
773			_aPublic Administration and Development
908			_aN
909			_a101434
999			_c101432 _d101432