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

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politicians’ as well as government employees, both in the central and
local sectors so they perform their jobs conscientiously with good intent
free of corruption which will be a key driving force toward leading the
nation and its citizens to civilization and well-being.
The concepts and presentation of views broadcast through the roles
of “NGOs” and “civil society” can be considered the representatives of
the people of the whole nation because we have to accept that the growth
of social movement, civil society and NGOs have continually and
quickly adjusted and developed the work of new organizations under the
political climate of Thailand which are highly contradictory and
susceptible to change while the complexity of the rapidly changing
political structures at national and local levels. In addition, the 2007
Constitution also provides opportunities for participation over a broad
spectrum.
The term “public policy” refers to the government’s performance,
decision-making and resource allocation for the benefit of the people and
must be accepted as valuable and beneficial to all parties involved: 1.
The government as policy maker, 2. Government employees as important
mechanisms for policy compliance and 3. The people, whose needs will
be responded to which bears an important impact on their lives. Both
government employees and politicians must not forget that “The people’s
voice is the voice of heaven”.
As for the role of policy advocacy, the writer agrees with the key
concept on another issue, i.e. the concept of “social welfare”, which is the
outcome of the labor class’s fight against capitalists following the
industrial revolution in 19th century, not by the government or capitalist
hand-outs. Social welfare is a social system equally guaranteed to the
government to all citizen in terms of basic needs for good quality of life,
which is not just a matter of social welfare, but a matter of “social
democracy” for managing the welfare state as stated by the saying
“…from mother’s womb to the funeral pyre”.
In this day and age, it has become evident that social context which
is a “social current” coming from civil society and NGOs, as well as