Local Government in Thailand—Analysis of the Local Administrative Organization Survey—
Joint Research Program Series
No.147
Preface / List of Contributors (228KB)
Chapter 1
Central-Local Government Relationship in Thailand (345KB) / Fumio Nagai, Tsuruyo Funatsu, Kazuhiro Kagoya
1-1. Gradual decentralization and local government reform after the 1997 Constitution in Thailand
1-2. The state system and the local autonomy system in Thailand
2. The Central—Local relationship in Thailand's local government
3. Decentralization process
4. Effect of Decentralization
5. Survey on the Thai Local Administrative Organizations
5-1. Procedures and the focus of the survey
5-2 Aims of the survey
6. Preliminary results of the survey
6-1. Urban-Rural Hierarchy and resource allocation
6-2. Central-local government relations
6-3. Signs of a change
7. Summary
Reference
Chapter 2
Decentralization under Threat?:Impacts of the CEO Governor Policy upon Thai Local Government (163KB) / Supasawad Chardchawarn
2. The Nature of Thai Public Administration and Decentralization Process in the 1990s
3. Prime Minister Thaksin's CEO Governor Policy: A Threat to Decentralization?
4. Impacts of the CEO governor policy upon Local government:View from the PAO and Other local Authorities
5. Conclusion: What Will Happen after This?
Reference
Chapter 3
Local Capability and Decentralization in Thailand (149KB) / Fumio Nagai, Kazuhiro Kagoya.
2. Problems of measuring 'local capability' in Thailand
3. Analysis of Survey Data
4. Summary and Interpretations
Chapter 4
Decentralization and changing local politics in Thailand:Different Outcomes among the Regions (88KB) / Nakharin Mektrairat Introduction
2. The Development Decade: Changing local economy and politics
3. Different contexts of local politics in the regions of Thailand
4. Decentralization and Development of local politics
5. Briefing of the Survey Results: Different reactions among the regions towards the directly-elected executives system
Chapter 5
Performance of LAO Presidents in Thailand—How do their academic qualifications matter?— (156KB) / Tsuruyo Funatsu
2. The Decentralization scheme to control the rural LAOs
3. Changes in the selection of LAO President after Direct Election
4. Summary and Interpretations