Evolution and Concept of Participatory Governance of Thai people in Thailand

Abstract

This article aims to present the evolution and concept of participatory governance of people in Thailand. It is considered as the starting point before the study of participatory governance in other dimensions. The results of the study were found that there were many phenomena since the concept of participatory democracy had an influenced-on politics and governance in Thailand. They were as follows: First, the political awakening of the people's sector. Second, the amendments of the constitutional law as well as other law amendments and legislation within the country. Third, the reformation of the bureaucratic system according to the guidelines of “the participatory governance" of Office of the Public Sector Development Commission (PSDC). Such changes enabled the discourse on Thailand’s participatory governance concretely visualized in term of the beginning of the documentary traces that attempted to understand the evolution and the concept of participatory governance to have a concise and relevant meaning. However, under the documented traces of such issues still lurk expectations for the concreteness of products according to the ultimate goal of participatory governance, namely, the efficient and effective governance which truly responded people’s need and brought them the greatest benefit as well as generated the overall national development. From the aforementioned goals, the study of discourse on participatory governance and the study of participatory governance in other dimensions. It is still a challenging issue for academic stage in public administration and the future of Thailand’s public administration.