Abstract:
บทคัดย่อภาษาอังกฤษ
The objectives of this research were to: 1) study roles of tambols civic society in Muang Nakhon Pathom district, Nakhon Pathom province; 2) compare the roles of tambols civic society in Muang Nakhon Pathom district, Nakhon Pathom province, and; 3) find guidelines for developing roles of tambols civic society in Muang Nakhon Pathom district, Nakhon Pathom province. The samples were 384 participants of tambols civic society in Muang Nakhon Pathom district, Nakhon Pathom province, obtained by means of stratified random sampling. The research instruments were a questionnaire and group discussion with 9 samples. The statistics used for the data analyses were percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, , and content analysis.
The results were as follows:
1. The overall role of tambols civic society in Muang Nakhon Pathom district, Nakhon Pathom province, was at a high level. When each aspect was individually considered, the roles of being a stage for brain storming and information distribution were at high levels; whereas, the roles of idea support, participation, and checking as well as evaluation were at moderate levels.
2. The participants of tambols civic society in Muang Nakhon Pathom district, Nakhon Pathom province, who had different sex, age, educational level, and information reception, had different opinion on the roles of tambols civic society in Muang Nakhon Pathom district, Nakhon Pathom province, at the statistically significant levels of .05. However, those who had different career had no significant opinion on the roles of tambols civic society.
3. The guidelines for developing the roles of tambols civic society in Muang Nakhon Pathom district, Nakhon Pathom province, suggested by the samples, included development by the government, especially providing knowledge by tambol administration organizations about right, roles, and usefulness of the civic society stage about the roles of participation in problem and need presentation, check and evaluation results of developing projects management in tambols, and making tambols developing plans, management, and participation in voting for management of various matters of tambol administration organizations according to the set rules.
The group discussion among 9 representatives of tambols civic society yielded 3 top guidelines for development of the roles of tambols civic society in Muang Nakhon Pathom district, Nakhon Pathom province, namely, monthly civic society for opinion exchanges and information reception, clear and prioritized projects according to importance, and interesting meetings about career promotion for people.