Thai Social Science Journal

Thai culture in the community in the case of conflict resolution in local administrative organizations

2024-09-20T09:12:24+07:00

Thai culture is an important communication and connection tool between members of the local government society under the political structure that the community must govern itself. The important Thai culture that affects the cultural practices affects the local government structure, especially in the community development meeting at the sub-district administrative organization level where cultural practices interact with the behavior that the community must decide. The three important cultures are community, uncertainty avoidance, and power. They are also cultural practices that have a high influence on the community development meeting where cultural practices coat or envelop the truth to increase unity in the community to reduce conflict. The culture of saving face, respect, patronage leadership style, and openly displaying one’s own power is something that people in the countryside do not agree with. Most communities seem to be quite satisfied with the simple participatory model in the rural government structure. Communities have the possibility to influence the development of their villages through consultation in the local governance structure under Thai culture, even though they do not have the final decision-making power and the cultural values may hinder their participation.

Background and Resolution of Ethnic Conflict in Myanmar

2024-11-10T09:54:08+07:00

The origin of ethnic conflicts in Myanmar is a result of the history of the nation in the past with cultural and ethnic differences, leading to the inability to reconcile when independence was gained. The struggle to establish a state led to prolonged conflicts, leading to violence from ethnic conflicts. Attempts to resolve ethnic conflicts through the peace process in Myanmar, which began with the current democratic process in Myanmar under bilateral peace agreements from ethnic groups, aim to maintain the stability of the political situation in the country. The important roles of the army, the civilian government, and ethnic groups by the government must be supported by the army in order to be successful. While the army has overlapping interests, even though the new government is democratic, it sends a positive signal to ethnic groups who still have problems in participating. The peace process, although an urgent and important agenda, will only reach an acceptable agreement when the interests of all parties involved converge. How well the problem of the situation will be resolved depends on how much all parties are willing to compromise their positions for the sake of long-term peace and stability.

Problems and Weaknesses of Thailand’s drug policy over the past decade

2024-12-03T07:32:44+07:00

The study of problems and weaknesses of Thai drug policy over the past decade is a qualitative study. The objective is to find the important factors that affect the failure of Thai drug policy over the past decade. The study found that there are 4 main factors that affect the effectiveness of Thai drug policy: 1. Thai drug policy focuses more on punishment than rehabilitation from the policy of declaring war on drugs in the early stages. It has only a short-term effect on reducing the prevalence of drugs. There are human rights problems and insufficient detention. 2. Inadequate infrastructure for drug rehabilitation. There are limited treatment centers and insufficient resources. There is a lack of experts and good models, causing those who are being treated to return to using drugs when they leave treatment. 3. Law enforcement officers target communities and target individuals disproportionately. They focus on communities with economic and social vulnerabilities. Poverty, lack of education and limited employment opportunities create an environment where drug use makes the rural poor, who are often excluded from the main economic and social system. 4. Lack of prevention policies and inadequate education. Lack of comprehensive school education programs. These programs are often superficial and lack depth.