THE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP OF MAYORS IN SUBDISTRICT MUNICIPALITY ADMINISTRATIONS IN THE AREA OF UPPER NORTHERN REGION

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to 1) study the political leadership of the Mayors, to 2) study the democratic culture of local politics, 3) study the effectiveness of the local project administrations, and 4) study the local policy administrations of Sub district Municipalities The mixed methods research was applied by combining both quantitative and qualitative methods. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and analyzed by content analysis. The research results were as follows; 1) The political leadership of mayors in the Sub district Municipalities comprising the most important characteristic of the wide vision, long looking, looking around. The roles of political leadership of Mayors included who people need (1) promote local democratic culture, (2) disclosure of information to the public, (3) provide public services in all works (4) provide the opportunities for public participation, (5) develop the Municipalities and communities sustainably and 6) develop and protect the environment and community cultures. 2) The democratic culture of local politics, it was found that the confidence and faith toward democracy were at the highest level while the commitment with Municipalities was at the lowest level. 3) The achievements of the local project administration; in overall were at a highest level, while consider in detail, the highest aspect was the people participation in project management followed by the project defining in the three years development plan and satisfying the need and satisfaction of people, respectively. 4) The local policy administration of Sub district Municipalities in overall was at a high level and it was found that (1) the policy formulation process could satisfy the actual needs of the people, (2) the local development plan should be able to solve the problems of communities, especially the income distribution and the poverty, (3) providing the inclusive public services, especially for the poor and marginalized people, (4) supporting the budget for the creation of income and proper occupation of the people, (5) the environment conservation conducted with strictly law enforcement and (6) providing the knowledge and training about the way of living, education, health and the quality of life developing for the people and communities