The Korea Local Administration Review

Experimentation of residents autonomy was conducted in 31 lower administrativebodies, namely, eup, myon and dong in July1, 2013 in Korea some of which wasassessed as successful in terms of the performance they made and the process inwhich several actors involved showed well- cooperative attitudes towards commonissues.The purpose of this study aimed to analyze the factors which have them differentfrom social capital perspective in terms of trust, reciprocal norm, nerwork broker,social inclusion and cooperation, and the relations between the government andresidents by way of case study of Yeoukchondong.This study shows that Yeoukchondong is distinct in terms of a high level of socialcapital. On the basis of traditions which have been characterized by cultivation oflocal leaders several key actors including chief of administrative agency, presidentof residents autonomy organization, and other local leaders are mutually dependent,bilaterally complementary and reinforced one anther. In particular, broker’s role ofchief of the lcoal agency, namely Dong office, is outstanding. Other studies basedon the cross-sectional data should be followed in order to prove the generalizationof this study.
□ Keywords: residents autonomy, social capital, network, norm, trust