The study entitled ‘A Model of Political Participation in Democracy of Sakol Nakhon Inhabitants Based on Buddhist Psychology’ is of the following objectives: 1) to analyze the Buddhadhamma and psychological principles of political participation in democracy of Sakol Nakhon inhabitants; 2) to synthesize the Buddhadhamma and psychological principles of the model constructing methods of the political participation in democracy of Sakol Nakhon inhabitants; and 3) to present a model of political participation in democracy of Sakol Nakhon inhabitants based on Buddhist Psychology. The study is a mixed methods research between a qualitative method and quantitative one in nature. For collecting qualitative data an In-depth interview is used to collect dta from 17 key informants and Focus Group Discussion is also used for collecting qualitative data. A questionnaire is used to collect quantitative data from 398 respondents who are selected by a Random Sampling Method. For analyzing qualitative data a content analysis is employed and statistics including Frequency, Percentage, Mean and Standard Deviation is used.
The results of the study were as follows:
1. From analyzing the Buddhadhamma and psychological principles of political participation in democracy of Sakol Nakhon inhabitants it found that 1) in the direct democracy inhabitants acted as the parliament to spend parliamentary, administrative and judicial sovereignty themselves with kind thinking, speech and doing to each other, common interest distribution, common law and common resolution; 2) in the representative democracy inhabitants elected their represen- tatives to spend parliamentary and administrative sovereignty based on the principle of kind thinking, speech and doing to each other, common interest distribution, common law and common resolution; 3) in the participatory democracy they had the decision making power of the key issues affecting their own living quality and course based on states of conciliation or virtues for fraternal living; and 4) in deliberative democracy it was the important politic process of public sector in the form of a democratic community to solve the problems of the representative democracy that could not respond to the people’s complicated and multi-different needs with the solidarity based on virtues for fraternal living.
2. With regard to the synthesizing of the Buddhadhamma and psychological principles of the model constructing methods of the political participation in democracy of Sakol Nakhon inhabitants it found that the model constructing methods of the political participation in democracy of Sakol Nakhon inhabitants based on Buddhist Psychology in terms of direct, representative, participatory and deliberative democracy based on the principles of being amiable in deed, word and thought, sharing any lawful gains with virtuous fellows, keeping without blemish the rules conduct and being endowed with right views along with their fellows.
3. Regarding a model of political participation in democracy of Sakol Nakhon inhabitants based on Buddhist Psychology it revealed as follws:
1) A model of political participation in democracy of Sakol Nakhon inhabitants based on Buddhist Psychology was generally moderate with a mean value of 2.61, while considering in each aspect it found that the highest was the representative democracy with a mean value of 2.68, a runner-up was the direct democracy with a mean value of 2.61, the participatory democracy with a mean value of 2.61 and the least was the deliberative democracy with a mean value of 2.57.
2) A model of political participation in democracy of Sakol Nakhon inhabitants based on a hierarchy of needs was generally high with a mean value of 4.11 while considering in each aspect it found that the highest was a political participation in democracy based on safety and security needs with a mean value of 4.34, a runner-up was social needs with a mean value of 4.24 and the least was self-actualization needs with a mean value of 3.99.
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