Comparative Study of Presidential Transitions in the United States and South Korea

在本研究中，我参考美国的案例，对韩国政权过渡的过程进行了调查和分析。下面两点变得清晰起来。首先，美国和韩国即使也实行总统制，但过渡政权的表现却大不相同。这种差异源于各国公务员制度的不同。在实行分赃制并在政权更迭时调换高层官员的美国和没有实行分赃制的韩国，在继承有关政府运作的“制度记忆”方面存在很大差异。其次，过渡团队的存在可能会阻碍平稳过渡。过渡团队最初的目的是确保平稳过渡。也就是说，提供过渡小组是为了尽量减少这种过渡的混乱，并且是为了用分赃制度补充与美国政权更迭有关的记忆丧失。然而，将类似的设备引入具有不同制度背景的韩国可能会反过来抑制制度记忆的继承。

In this study, I have investigated and analyzed the process of regime transition in South Korea referring to the American case. The following two points became clear. First, the United States and South Korea, even if they also adopted a presidential system, the performance of the transition regime is very different. The differences come from the difference of the civil service systems of the countries. In the United States who takes a spoils system and interchanges high-ranking bureaucrat at the time of regime change and South Korea who has not, there occurs a big difference in inheritance of the "institutional memory" about the handling of the government. Second, there is a possibility the existence of the transition team to inhibit a smooth transition. Transition team is originally intended to ensure a smooth transition. That is, the transition team is provided in order to minimize the confusion of this transition, and was to complement the memory loss associated with the regime change in the United States with spoils systems. However, the introduction of similar equipment into Korea who has different institutional context may function to inhibit the inheritance of institutional memory in reverse.