BUDDHADHAMMA INTEGRATION PROMOTING POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION FOR PEOPLE’S GOOD CITIZENSHIP OF NONTHABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

Objectives of this research were 1. To study the good citizenship of the people in Nonthaburi province and 2. To study the integration of Buddhist principles to promote political socialization for good citizenship of the people in Nonthaburi province. Mixed research methods were used in the study. The qualitative research collected data by semi-structured interviewing 20 key-informants and 10 participants in focus group discussion then analyzed by content descriptive interpretation. The quantitative research data were collected with questionnaires from 400 samples, who were people aged 18 years and over, and then analyzed by descriptive statistics: frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation.

The findings were as follows: 1. The good citizenship of the people in Nonthaburi Province, by overall, was at a high level ( =4.09). The people followed the principles of equality, morals, ethics, responsibility, discipline, laws, and rules and accepted the differences. 2. Integration Buddhist principles, Saraniyadhamma, with 6 aspects was at high level ( =4.07). The people expressed themselves politely, recommended other people with good hope, wished each other well, had social responsibility, respected regulations, and had the same attitude.