The Political Participation of People in The Rongkhum Subdistrict Municipality, Rongkhum District, Kalasin Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the political participation of people in the Rongkhum sub district municipality, Rongkhum district, Kalasin province 2) to compare the political participation of people in the Rongkhum sub district municipality, Rongkhum district, Kalasin province, classified  into personal factor and 3) to study problem, solution and suggestion of the political participation of people in the Rongkhum sub district municipality, Rongkhum district, Kalasin province. This research was the mixed research both quantitative and qualitative research. The sampling were consisted of 375 residents from the people who live in the Rongkhum sub district municipality by cluster sampling using the questionnaire as the tool to collect the data by finding frequency, percentages, Mean, and Standard deviation for describing and testing hypotheses by T-test, F-test and One way ANOVA. The test ofthe differences Means in each pair was done by the Least Significants Difference: LSD.

            The qualitative research method identified the 7-key informants and selected byexpert. The tool to collect the data are structured in-depth interview, in-depth  and descriptive interpretation.

            The research findings were as follows:

1. The political participation of people in the Rongkhum sub district municipality, Rongkhum district, Kalasin province was overall opinion in maximum level (=3.50), and considered in each field by arranging follow by the acknowledge of politics (=3.73) was in maximum level, the participation of election (=3.65), and referendumand public hearing (=3.18)i was in medium level respectively.
2. The opinion compared on the political participation of people in the Rongkhum sub district municipality, Rongkhum district, Kalasinprovince classified into personal factor. We found that people in different sex and career have political participation in the Rongkhum sub district municipality, Rongkhum district, Kalasin province was overall opinion not much differences. So, we disapproved the hypothesis. But people in different age, educational background and income was overall opinion much differences, so we accepted the hypothesis.