AN APPLICATION OF BALADHAMMA FOR PROMOTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN MUEANG DISTRICT, RAYONG PROVINCE

Abstract

Objectives of this research article were: 1. To investigate the level of local administration. 2. To compare people’s opinions and 3. To present the guidelines for applying Bhaladhamma to promote local administration Mueng District, Rayong Province, conducted by the mixed research methods. The quantitative research, data were collected from 400 samples. The research tool was a questionnaire. Data analysis using statistics of percentage, mean, standard deviation and inferential statistics, and the qualitative research collected data by in-depth- interviewing 12 key informants.

The research findings were as follows: 1. Local administration, by overall, was at a high level. 2. People of different genders did not have different opinions on local administration. People of different ages, educational levels, occupations, and monthly income had different opinions on local administration, with statistically significant level of 0.05. 3. The guidelines for applying Bhaladhamma to promote local administration at Mueang District, Rayong Province include the following: 1. Panya-Bhala, power of wisdom, by encouraging governors and village headmen; 2. Viriya-Bala, power of energy or diligence, by encouraging governors and village headmen to be able to work; 3. Anavajja-Bhala, power of faultlessness, by encouraging governors and village headmen to be moral and ethical, and 4. Saggaha-Bala, power of sympathy or solidarity by encouraging governors and village headmen to sacrifice themselves for the public.