The Process of Human Resource Development to Become a Democratic Community: A Case Study of Excellent Democratic Communities in Kham Khuean Kaew District, Yasothon Province, Thailand1

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze the principles and concepts for the human resources development of the democratic community in Kham Khuean Kaew Dristrict, Yasothon Province by using the qualitative research methodology to study the phenomenon of human resources development in each community. The data is collected from 35 informants consisting of the qualified persons, community leaders, village’s committees, leaders of local administrative officers, and general people. This research tools consist of the structural interview forms, observation forms, and field work record forms. The data is collected from the document analysis, in-depth interview, focus group, and observation. The results are analyzed by using the Content Analysis method. The results reveal that (1) the types of community linkages for the 3 communities have some common natures in 3 aspects; being the communities that focus on giving people the opportunity to participate in, focusing on the use of community culture as a medium, and focusing on the establishment of community network, (2) The principles and concepts of human resource development in the democratic community is the process of creating people to have correct knowledge and understanding on the democracy by using the study guidelines, socialization, adaptation of the community culture, cooperation between various sectors such as schools, families, temples and communities in the form of network to promote efficient and effective human resource development in the community in order to build the foundation of democratic development at the community level and the national level stably and sustainably, (3) The democratic character of the community is in two dimensions; the individual dimension and the community dimension, (4) The role of community movement towards democracy is that in driving the democracy, it is supported by two main factors; internal and external community factors, and (5) the human resource development process towards being the democratic community should begin with the family along with socialization through the environment of the community under the conditions of tradition and culture, economic system of the community, way of life of the community people which leads to the happy democratic community.