Conflict, Legitimacy and Government Reform: Equitable Allocation of ...

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