LOCAL POLITICAL CULTURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLE’S DEMOCRACY IN LAEM CHABANG MUNICIPALITY, SRIRACHA DISTRICT, CHONBURI PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of the study about local political culture based on consultation in Laem Chabang Municipality, Sriracha District, Chonburi Province, were: 1) To examine the degree of local political culture based on consultation in Laem Chabang Municipality, Sriracha District, Chonburi Province. 2) To make a comparison between the individual factors and the local political culture based on consultation in Laem Chabang Municipality, Sriracha District, Chonburi Province. This research was a quantitative research which data was collected by using questionnaires with the sample of 400 people. The samples were selected from people in Laem Chabang Municipality. The statistics that we used are percentage, mean, standard deviation the statistically significant level of .05. The samples included government employees, private employees, employees or business owners, and students. The data was collected by distributing our questionnaires to the sample in each area and dividing the research topic from the study of local political culture based on consultation into sub-topics. Also, we were distributing our questionnaires in Laem Chabang Municipality Area with sub-topics such as  1) Citizenship in local area and the citizen’s political participation 2) Citizenship in local area, the citizen’s political participation (either political leadership or political conflicts)The research instruments included questionnaires, researches, journals, and the statistical academicians who used frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, T-test, and F-test.  The findings showed that the local political culture based on consultation and the citizenship in local area are at the moderate level.  The individual factors are different in gender, age, and monthly income, and having the differences of local political culture based on consultation at the level of .05.