22.12.2012 Views

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

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

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

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

<strong>Reform</strong>ing Local <strong>Government</strong> for the Achievement <strong>of</strong> Fairness in Thai Society<br />

Assuming Local Administrator <strong>and</strong><br />

Council Member Positions<br />

Assoc. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Trakoon Meechai<br />

Faculty <strong>of</strong> Political Sciences, Chulalongkorn University<br />

Abstract<br />

The objectives <strong>of</strong> the research project<br />

e n t i t l e d “ A s s u m i n g L o c a l<br />

A d m i n i s t r a t o r a n d C o u n c i l<br />

Member Positions” are to analyze current<br />

c o n f l i c t s i n l o c a l p o l i t i c s a n d l o c a l<br />

communities, sub-districts <strong>and</strong> villages<br />

between local administrative organizations<br />

(local administrator <strong>and</strong> local council) <strong>and</strong><br />

supervisory authorities <strong>and</strong> other civil<br />

societies; to explore approaches for local<br />

politics’ structural reform which focus on the<br />

issues concerning local administrators <strong>and</strong><br />

local councils assuming political power; <strong>and</strong><br />

to strengthen local communities. This study<br />

underscores the issues concerning restructuring<br />

<strong>of</strong> the local administrative system that allows<br />

all sectors <strong>of</strong> local communities to take part in<br />

governance <strong>and</strong> local administration <strong>and</strong> the<br />

issues around reform approaches <strong>of</strong> the<br />

electoral system <strong>of</strong> local administrators <strong>and</strong><br />

councils. Consequently, the system will be<br />

183

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!