ความคิดเห็นของประชาชนต่อนโยบายยกฐานะองค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลขึ้นเป็น เทศบาลในประเทศไทย

Abstract

This study has the following three objectives; 1) To study Public Opinion towards the Policy of Upgrading Tambon Administrative Organizations to Municipalities in Thailand, 2) To study the essential factors affecting Public Opinion

towards the Policy of Upgrading Tambon Administrative Organizations to Municipalities in Thailand, and 3) To propose the guideline for implementation of the Policy of Upgrading Tambon Administrative Organizations to Municipalities in Thailand. The researcher focuses on mixed methods research in qualitative and quantitative research. The data collection was through in-depth interviews focusing on 25 key informants, focus group discussion by eight experts and questionnaire from a sample of 377 persons. The data analysis for in-depth interviews research were content analysis and analytic induction. And data analysis for quantitative research were frequency, percentage, mean, and Standard Deviation, t-test, Oneway ANAVA, and Pearson's Correlation coefficient.

(questionnaire) analysis found that factors of (1) structure of Tambon Administrative Organization (2) leadership of Tambon Administrative Organization's mayor (3) system of Tambon Administrative Organization's income and (4) Tambon Administrative Organization's environment were highly suitable (Average 3.54-4.16, 3.47-3.81, 3,46-4,04, and 3.11-3.56 respectively).

And for the third objective, the research proposes that a guideline for implementation of the policy of upgrading Tambon Administrative Organizations to Municipalities in Thailand consisting of two cases: (1) a case of upgrading Tambon Administrative Organization to municipality according to conditions of the law enforcement, and (2) a case of merging Tambon Administrative Organization with another municipality or another Tambon Administrative Organization which propose to expand the time for 4 years (2020-2023).