Attitude of Community Leaders to State’s Policy: CaseStudy of the Unrest Resolution in Pattani Province

Abstract

The objective of this research is to “study the attitudes of community leaders to state’s policy of unrest resolution in Pattani Province” by question about opinion of 100 community leaders from three districts of Pattani Province which comprised with Muang District, Saiburi District, Khokpho District. The study determined with three independent variables, namely: 1) economic development projects 2) rural development policy, and 3)   giving opportunity to the people in making public policy of the state. The data were collected from interviews and questionnaires and analyzed in the frequency of percentage the highest percentage of results answers of three independent variables will be important to confirm the feasibility of the attitudes of community leaders to state’s policy of unrest resolution in Pattani Province. This research found that: 1) 50 percent agreed that the development of economic benefit to the local community in Pattani Province 2) 54 percent believe that the development of the state do not meet the needs of local residents and inconsistent with cultural well-being of people in the area, and 3) 65 percent of the public believes that grassroots people were neglected in participate making public policy of the state as it should. However, also has other problems may be related to attitudes toward public policy, such as 75 percent of communities leaders view that the community development projects of the government does not meet the needs of local residents and 68 percentage of communities leaders believe the development of education in the area of Pattani Province, still not cover all area of PattaniProvince.