Guidelines for Driving Citizenship Awareness of Peoples in Kalasin Municipality, Kalasin Province

Abstract

This article aimed to study the current state of the citizen's consciousness in Thailand. The research methodology was qualitative research. All data collected from interviewing and participative observation. The population in this study was 72 volunteers comonitoring administrations using the snowball sampling. The results found that people are aware of good citizenship, awake and recognize their political rights and roles. The guidelines for developing civic identity was strong and drove the development of participatory processes in the local administration. It used to model the process in 3 forms of consciousness. 1)Traditionalist/ Minimalist 2) Community Oriented Citizenship 3) Modern/Liberal Progressive. All three models used in the development of strong citizenship that created each integration model. Because each pattern related and inseparable from each other in a definitive way. This study suggested policy makers to consider local culture, focus on the people and community emphasizing their freedom, local leaders take into consideration the public participation focusing on individual, social, networking and international level that will lead to an increase in the level of public knowledge in approaching local and national which promotes sustainable national citizenship.