Communitarianism concept for building a self-management model

Abstract

This academic article on Communitarianism Concept for Building a Self-management Model

presents the foundation of knowledge of communalism that is influenced by socialist ideology, anarchist ideology,  and the conservation ideology. The important standpoint of these ideologies is supporting people in the communities to cooperate, develop themselves to be strong based on culture towards the self-management community. The Communitarianism believes that the development of a strong nation comes from a strong community. There are government and private sectors to support ideas and processes to raise awareness of community rights, community culture, and appreciate the self-management of problems. This article also presents the 4 cases of model communities that have applied the Communitarianism as follows: 1) Ban Pha Chan Community in Ubon Ratchathani Province, 2) Ban Tama Community in Buriram Province, 3) Ban Khu Khad Community in Buriram Province, and 4) Ban Samet Community in Buriram Province. All 4 model communities reflect the community's self-management in terms of natural resources and the environment and propose a guideline to drive communityism towards self-management. The guideline is the community must follow the principle of "Enough" , which is 1) E: Experience, learning experience, 2) N: Necessary, developing based on people's necessity, 3) O: Own, creating awareness and sense of ownership in the development project, 4) U: Useful,  the development project must be beneficial to public, 5) G: Goal, there is a clear direction and goal of driving, and 6. H: Harmony, to focus on building unity of the people.