BUDDHIST INTEGRATION TO ENHANCE PARTICIPATORY POLITICAL CULTURE OF YOUTH IN NONSUNG DISTRICT NAKHON RATCHASIMA PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this research article are to 1) study the level of opinions on participatory political culture among youth. 2) compare opinions on participatory political culture among youth. Classified according to personal factors 3) Present integrated Buddhism to strengthen youth's participatory political culture. The sample group used in the research included youth studying at Than Prasat Phet Witthaya School. and Makha Witthaya School, 173 people, stratified sampling was done. Integrated research methods Data were collected by questionnaire. Data were analyzed using statistics, frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, t-test, and F-test. Data were collected through interviews with key informants. Select a purposive sample of 9 people to analyze the data qualitatively. using descriptive analysis.

          The research results found that:

1. Level of opinion on youth participatory political culture Overall it was at a high level ( =4.17). When considering each aspect, it was found that Aspects of knowledge or perception tendencies. It has the highest mean (4.20), followed by the emotional bias ( =4.17) and the evaluation bias. has the lowest average ( =4.13)


2. Comparison of opinions on youth participatory political culture aged youth Different educational levels have different opinions on participatory political culture at the .05 level. Youth of different genders have no different opinions on participatory political culture.


3. Buddhist integration to strengthen participatory political culture among youth in Non Sung District Nakhon Ratchasima Province According to the principles of Saraniyadhamma 6, namely physical action, doing good to one another, being kind and helping one another, verbal action, speaking kindly to one another to create unity, mental action, thinking well and sacrificing public health, allocating benefits to the public, supporting local development, Silasamanyata, not harming others. The view of common sense Listening to other people's opinions leads to eliminating problems. for unity in society.