พุทธบูรณาการเพื่อส่งเสริมความเป็นพลเมืองในระบอบประชาธิปไตย ของประชาชนในอำเภอเอราวัณ จังหวัดเลย

Abstract

This research aims to 1) study the level of citizenship in the democratic regime of the people, 2) compare the integration of Buddhism to promote citizenship in the democratic regime of the people by classifying by personal factors, and 3) propose the integration of Buddhism to promote citizenship in the democratic regime of the people in Erawan District, Loei Province. This research has a reliability of 0.819. The statistics used to analyze the data are frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The hypothesis is tested by t-test and F-test. The qualitative research uses in-depth interviews with 9 key informants. The results of the research are as follows: 1. Overall, it is at a high level. When classified by each aspect, it is at a high level in all aspects, ranked from highest to lowest as follows: the principle of Sappurisadhamma, followed by the aspect of promoting faith in democracy, the aspect of promoting the exercise of political rights in a constructive manner, the aspect of promoting loyalty to the monarchy, and the aspect of promoting respect and faith in practice. 2. The results of the comparison, overall, were not significantly different at the 0.05 level. Therefore, the research hypothesis was rejected when considering each aspect. It was found that people of different genders did not significantly differ in the promotion of citizenship in a democracy at the 0.05 level.  3. Citizenship in a democracy is presented as follows: 1) Promoting faith in democracy 2) Promoting loyalty to the monarchy 3) Promoting constructive exercise of political rights 4) Promoting respect, faith, and compliance with the electoral law system 5) Applying the principles of the Sappurisadhamma by being a person who knows cause, effect, self, moderation, time, community, and people.