Citizenship of Civil Society Leaders

Abstract

Provincial civil society network, a civil society organization established by the Political Development Council, was a unit that closed to, understood problems, needs of people in the community, and helped promote democratic culture. Working group Network of Chonburi province consisted of representatives from various sectors that came to work together. The research found that all working group members understood and realized the importance of rights, liberty and the citizenship in the democratic regime. At the same time, they were fully aware of the importance of civic organizations as a central area, as public sphere, where all sectors can come to discuss and to fully represent the citizenship. This is a deliberative democracy promotion. Although the provincial civil society network was aborted by the order of the National Council for Peace and Order but the working group is still kept in touch with and mobilized in the form of Citizen Council. This vividly shows the strong citizenship in the working group.