People Participation and Roles of Local Administrators Affecting Local Development in Nakhon Pathom Province

Abstract

The research purposes were: (1) to study the level of public participation, roles of local administrators, and local development in Nakhon Pathom Province; (2) to study the public participation and roles of local administrators affecting the local development in Nakhon Pathom Province; and (3) to present the guidelines for promoting public participation and the role of administrators in local development in Nakhon Pathom Province. This was the quantitative research and quantitative research. The target population was the people aged 18 years and over, and had household registration in Nakhon Pathom Province. The sample group for quantitative research was the 400 people, and the research instrument was the questionnaire. The sample group for qualitative research was the 20 people, and the research instrument was the in-depth interview form. The data analysis statistics were the frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, multiple regression analysis, and correlation analysis.

The research findings were: (1) the public participation in local development in Nakhon Pathom Province found the overall was at high level; the descending mean were:  the aspect of participation in decision-making, the aspect of participation in activity operations, the aspect of participation in receiving benefits, and the aspect of participation in assessment, respectively; and the roles of local administrators in Nakhon Pathom Province found the overall was at high level; the descending mean were: the aspect of leadership in community development, the aspect of promotion of community participation, the aspect of community problem solving, the aspect of proposing plans or projects, and the aspect of custom and tradition promotion, respectively;  (2) the public participation in the aspect of participation in decision-making, and the aspect of participation in activity operations versus the roles of local administrators in the aspect of custom and tradition promotion, the aspect of promotion of community participation, and the aspect of community problem solving affected the local development in Nakhon Pathom Province at statistical significance level .05; and (3) should promoted the aspect of participation in decision-making and the aspect of participation in activity operations for sustainable local development.