การมีส่วนร่วมของประชาชนในการเลือกตั้งนายกเทศมนตรีโดยตรง : ศึกษากรณีเทศบาลเมืองแม่ฮ่องสอน / รัชนี คล้ายนาค = Popular participation in the direct election of the mayor : a case study of Maehongson municipality / Ratchanee Klaynak
The aim of this research is to study popular participation in the municipality level after the direct election of the mayor has been introduced and also find the factors influence their decision. The hypothesis of this research is that the direct election of the mayor encourages people to have more interest and participation in politics ; the main factors that have influence on their decision are qualification of candidates, election campaign and policy. The datum has been collected by depth interview and observation by separate 5 groups of people : elderly, businessmen, local bureaucracies, students and low - income people. The result of this study affirms some aspects of hypothesis that the direct election has encouraged people to concerned more about local politic affairs as same as increasing local voting level. However still has the problem of vote - buying , especially among the low - income residents. The participation in election campaign are mostly of the vote canvassers, relatives and friends of the candidates. Nevertheless most of them got money in return. According to this case study, all people consider the qualification of the candidates as the most important factor. Besides this factor differently affects their attitude towards the politicians and also affects the voting. The campaign of election can also increase the participation of local people whereas the policy scarcely has important role in this case.
