Conflict, Legitimacy and Government Reform: Equitable Allocation of ...
Conflict, Legitimacy and Government Reform: Equitable Allocation of ...
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<strong>Government</strong> <strong>and</strong> Political <strong>Legitimacy</strong><br />
Performing <strong>Government</strong>al<br />
Development Policies with Societal<br />
<strong>Conflict</strong> Problems <strong>and</strong> Solutions 1<br />
Supamit Pitipat 2<br />
Faculty <strong>of</strong> Political Science, Chulalongkorn University<br />
During the past two or three decades,<br />
the problems causing resistance to<br />
the exercise <strong>of</strong> governmental power<br />
in Thai society has most frequently raised the<br />
question <strong>of</strong> government legitimacy. One <strong>of</strong><br />
the problems has been caused by policies<br />
aimed at national development in connection<br />
to the government’s use <strong>of</strong> power to manage<br />
1 Presented in the work <strong>of</strong> the academic 11th conference <strong>of</strong> the King Prajadhipok’s<br />
Insitute in 2009 on the topic <strong>of</strong> “<strong>Conflict</strong>, <strong>Legitimacy</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Government</strong> <strong>Reform</strong>:<br />
<strong>Equitable</strong> <strong>Allocation</strong> <strong>of</strong> Resources in Thai Society”, 5-7 November 2009 at the UN<br />
Meeting Center, Outer Ratchadamnern Rd., Bangkok.<br />
2 This article was modified from a research report by the writer as a part <strong>of</strong> the<br />
research project: “Research Project on Changing the 10 th National Plan for Economic<br />
<strong>and</strong> Social Development with regard to natural resources, the environment <strong>and</strong><br />
biological diversity into Practice by Forming the Cooperative Processes <strong>of</strong> partnerships<br />
for development in performing according to the 10th National Plan for Economical <strong>and</strong><br />
Social Plans Development as presented to the National Economical <strong>and</strong> Social Advisory<br />
Council in September <strong>of</strong> 2008. The author would like to thank Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Dr. Wira Somboon, the project leader, the team <strong>of</strong> research assistants <strong>and</strong> all primary<br />
research committees that participated in this project with particular thanks to Assistant<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Dr. Kaewkam Kraisorapong <strong>and</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Dr. Nareumon Tapjumpon. Any<br />
errors appearing herein are the responsibility <strong>of</strong> the author.<br />
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