SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS FOR BUILDING A STRONG COMMUNITY IN ANGTHONG AND SINGBURI PROVINCE

Abstract

               The objectives of this study were to 1. To study the development of social capital to build stronger communities in Angthong and Singburi province. 2. To study the factors that influence the development of social capital to build stronger communities in Angthong and Singburi province. 3. A method to improve the factors that influence the development of social capital to build stronger communities in Angthong and Singburi province. The quantitative research used the samples of 400 respondents who selected from the mayors, chief executive of sub-district administrative organizations (SAO), chairman of the municipality council, chairman of SAO council and chief administrators of municipal clerk and SAO in the area of Singburi and Angthong provinces the samples were selected by stratified random sampling and simple random sampling techniques and the sample size was calculated by Taro  Yamane’s formula. The tool for data collection was 5 level rating scale questionnaire and data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation and multiple regression analysis. The research findings were as follows: The general states of the social capital development for strengthening 1) communities found that the levels of development in overall and 3 aspects were at high level. By the immune system to community development, social capital at the highest level is due. Social leaders play a key role in the implementation of social capital all public activities and encourage the community to have a sense of self-reliance contemplate joint decision-making and responsibility. In their own communities Part of the learning community is the lowest level that the officers acted in community learning centers also lack the knowledge to educate the public to enhance cognition and attention. 2) The social capital in the knowledge economy to build a strong community in Angthong and Singburi An overview of the variable level. 3) The proposed guidelines for improvement the factors affecting the social capital development for strengthening communities composed the operation must be holistic approach depended on the primarily targets of sustainable development for self-reliance of community. The operation characterized networks creation and development of own members in communities all of process and steps for development should rely on the participation of communities. The process of learning creation should educate by site- visit the prototype communities with developing on strengthened self reliance and developing the officials of community learning centers communities development should have the strengthened executive committee or communities leaders and visions for the whole integration and communities should be support by the external agencies in order to the partnerships of continual and sustainable communities development.