CITIZEN’S ROLE AND DUTY ACCORDING TO THE NEW DEMOCRACIC WAY IN LOCAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE CIVIL STATE POLICY: A CASE STUDY OF DONG FA HUAN COMMUNITY, BAN NONG MANAO, VILLAGE NO.7, KHAM YAI SUBDISTRICT MUNICIPALITY, MUANG DISTRICT, UBON RATCHATHANI PROVINCE.

Abstract

This research included the following objectives: to study the context and dynamics of the changing roles and duties of citizens according to the new democratic way of the community; 2) to investigate the approach and policy of the model area towards local and community development following the missions of the university. The sample used in this research was the population of Dong Fah Huan community. Part 1: a sample of 27 people were interviewed by using a questionnaire and data were analyzed through a descriptive method; Part 2: a sample of 291 people filled a questionnaire of 30 items with 5 rating scales. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean and standard deviation. The research results were as follows. 1) For the context and dynamics of  the changing roles and duties of citizens according to the new democratic way of Dong Fah Huan community, it was found that most of the people in Nong Manao community were mainly engaged in agriculture and other wage labors. In general, the people’s characteristics were both similar and different according to the conditions in Ban Nong Manao community.  However, the people had common identities such as personal identities, mind, thought, personality, characters, behavior, value. The most common identities were: being grateful to their ancestors and parents, respecting the elders, and being proud of community sense of belongingness. 2) For the results of the study of policy guidelines and model areas for local and community development, it was found that the policy guidelines and model areas for local and community development could be analyzed and classified into 6 aspects and could be chronologically arranged from the highest to the lowest means as follows: the highest mean was the participation in public affairs (= 4.59); followed by civil rights under community consciousness (= 4.53); local cultural preservation (= 4.52); learning and expressing the public will (= 4.50); community responsibility (= 4.49); and the lowest mean was the community way of life in local and community development (= 4.43).