Enhancing Democratic Political Culture of Thai Rural Communities in the 10th Decade of Democracy in Thailand
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The purposes of this research were to study democratic political culture, to investigate the factors affecting democratic political culture, and to make suggestions for enhancing the democratic political culture of Thai rural communities in the 10th decade of democracy in Thailand. A case study of Tambon Thamenchai, Lamplaimat District, Buriram Province was conducted. The questionnaire was used as a tool for collecting data. The results showed that the democratic political culture of the rural communities in Thamenchai Sub-district, Lamplaimat District, Buriram Province was overall at a high level. The factors affecting the democratic political culture of Thai rural communities included occupation, income, political party membership, and education level. The following recommendations were made: 1) A learning network of Thai political culture should be created. 2) The potential of individuals and communities should be developed as the democratic models. 3) The roles of four main sectors i.e., government, communities, temples, and institutes should be driven. 4) Democratic political culture based on both social and cultural capitals of communities should be enhanced at all levels. And 5) the roles of the governments should be changed with a focus on supporting and promoting the roles of people in policy-making for democratic development.
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เนื้อหาและข้อมูลในบทความที่ลงตีพิมพ์ในวารสารทดสอบระบบ ThaiJo2 ถือเป็นข้อคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนบทความโดยตรงซึ่งกองบรรณาธิการวารสาร ไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วย หรือร่วมรับผิดชอบใดๆ
บทความ ข้อมูล เนื้อหา รูปภาพ ฯลฯ ที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวารสารทดสอบระบบ ThaiJo2 ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสารทดสอบระบบ ThaiJo2 หากบุคคลหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำทั้งหมดหรือส่วนหนึ่งส่วนใดไปเผยแพร่ต่อหรือเพื่อกระทำการใดๆ จะต้องได้รับอนุญาตเป็นลายลักอักษรจากวารสารทดสอบระบบ ThaiJo2 ก่อนเท่านั้น
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