Achakorn WongpreedeeTanasarn Chongpanish2024-04-172024-04-172019b211047https://repository.nida.ac.th/handle/662723737/6820Thesis (Ph.D. (Development Administration))--National Institute of Development Administration, 2019This study aimed: 1) to study the development of local administration in Suphanburi, Thailand, emphasizing people’s participation in policy-making process,i.e. local ordinance; 2) to study and identify the obstacles regarding local ordinances by people’s initiatives in the local administration organizations in Suphanburi; and 3) to provide solutions and policy recommendations for people’s participation in the local administration in the case of local ordinances by people’s initiative in Suphanburi and the entire country of Thailand. The research questions are: 1) How does the development of local administration in Suphanburi emphasize people’s participation in the policy-making process and ordinance creation?; 2) Why have the local ordinances by people’s initiatives in Suphanburi never been enforced, and what are the obstacles?; and 3) What are the solutions regarding people’s participation in the local administration in the case of local ordinances by people’s initiative in Suphanburi and for Thailand overall? This study used qualitative research methods. The data obtained were of two types of data; primary data were from field survey, in-depth interviews, and focus group interviews; secondary data were from related documents, ordinances, research, and academic articles. The key informants were the government officers responsible for supervising local administrative organizations, executives in the local administrative organizations, community leaders, and law experts The results of this research provide solutions regarding the problems surrounding people’s participation local administrations, policy recommendations, and recommendations for future research. The three main research questions were asked in order to ascertain the obstacles to the people’s participation in local ordinance creation in Suphanburi. The research results revealed that the total of participation rate in Suphanburi was at a medium to low level. Although the local administrative organizations encourage the people to participate in public hearings, the results turned out to be not attractive. The main obstacle concerned the socio-economic problems, i.e. level of education, poverty, and local ways of life. The second obstacle involved the laws, rules, and regulations related to the local administrations. The third obstacle was the local political culture of Suphanburi. Therefore, the results confirmed the hypotheses that the three obstacles were the main problems concerning the people’s participation in the creation of the local ordinances in Suphanburi. The research results showed that the model of people’s participation in the creation of the local ordinances introduced by the western countries could not be applied to the locals in Suphanburi. The bureaucrats that are working closely with the people are not proactive enough to encourage the participation rate. At the same time, the local people were bored, inactive, and did not see the importance of participation in their local ordinance creation process. At the end of this research, the researcher made two levels of policy recommendations: government policy recommendations and local administrative organization recommendations. The increase of people’s participation in local ordinance creation must be carried out by the people themselves with the full of support from the government. The government should launch policy to lift up the people’s quality of life, education, and opportunity for making a living, and meanwhile the local people should acknowledge their rights and duties of citizenship; they should be responsible for their local hometown and not just wait for government support.225 leavesapplication/pdfengThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.Public policytext::thesis::doctoral thesis10.14457/NIDA.the.2019.163