การมีส่วนร่วมทางการเมืองของชุมชนในศตวรรษที่ 21

Abstract

Political participation is a crucial factor in economic and social development and at the same time economic and social factors are important mechanisms leading to political participation in all levels. Political participation can be from participating in direct policy formulation at the local level to the indirect policy formulation at the national level. The mentioned political participation will lead to the outcome of the service quality in taking care of the people. Political participation opens opportunity for the people to have their roles from direct self-administration at the local level to the indirect national administration as a whole. In order to achieve economic and social political stability in accordance with the national strategy and to keep pace with the changing economic, social and technological conditions, it is necessary to rely on the direct and indirect participation of the people from direct physical participation up to networking with the government sector through the use of information technology. Feedback from the people especially at the community level in the 21^st century is the essential element in local self-government. In order to create integration of economic and social development in all levels and to be in accordance with the national strategy including security, wealth and sustainability, local politics is the inevitable and crucial base for the realistic development of the country. In addition, the development of democracy is necessary to depend on the principle of decentralization in order that there will be people’s participation in thinking, making decision and acting in politics that responds the democratic system and covers all groups of the people as of the practice of the civilized countries. Political participation that covers all groups of the people has been acknowledged with the value of the individual human dignity, equality, freedom in living way of life and equality before the law. Moreover, the practice of abstention or discrimination without rationality is believed to contradict the principle of democracy. The mentioned basic democratic principles are believed to be the crucial base for the participation of all groups and all levels of the people who own the sovereignty.