Historical Development of Thai Bureaucracy 1892-1993 : Ministries, Bureaus and Departments.

1892-1993 年泰国官僚机构的历史发展：部委、局和部门。

• 批准号: 07620058
• 负责人: TAMADA Yoshifumi
• 金额: $ 0.58万
• 依托单位: KYOTO UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 1995 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-07620058/
• 关键词: Thailand; administrative organization; bureaucratic history

This project is aimed at gathering and compiling data on historical development of Thai bureaucracy, especially changes of administrative units above department, since April 1,1892 which is regarded as an official birthday of modern bureaucracy in Thailand. Gazettes published by her government are the main source of data for this study. Although a data book on its historical development has been completed, it is not perfect just because the changes of administrative units came to be done by law only after 1933.A bird's-eye view of historical development of Thai bureaucracy from 1892 to 1992 is as follows. (1) Although the number of ministries on April 1,1892 was 13, it decreased to only 7 in June 1932. This is mainly because the government, faced with serious recession, had to reduce financial burden by retrenching the government organizations.(2) In contrast to the period before 1993 when the number of administrative organizations fluctuated on account of a rather arbitrary reorganization by absolute kings, the number of ministries and department has increased constantly since 1933. Nevertheless, there are two notable exception to this generalization. One is as abolishment of two ministries, Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Cooperatives, in 1958 and 1963 respectively. This resulted from a political change in 1957.Another exception was observed in the 1980s. The constant administrative growth came to a halt suddenly. The government was forced to stop the growth because of economic slump since the 1970s. The important reason why the government could take such a courageous action consisted in the strong position of a prime minister at that time who was supported by the kingship, the military and political parties.

本项目旨在收集和整理自1892年4月1日以来泰国官僚主义的历史发展，特别是部门以上行政单位的变化，这一天被视为泰国现代官僚主义的官方生日。她的政府出版的公报是这项研究的主要数据来源。虽然对其历史发展的数据已经完成，但由于行政单位的变更是在1933年以后才由法律规定的，因此它并不完善。以下是1892年至1992年泰国官僚主义历史发展的鸟瞰图。(1) 1892年4月1日的政府部门数是13个，到1932年6月减少到只有7个。这主要是因为政府面临严重的经济不景气，不得不通过缩减政府机构来减轻财政负担。(2) 1993年以前，行政机构的数量因专制国王的任意重组而波动，而1933年以来，部委和部门的数量不断增加。然而，这种概括有两个值得注意的例外。其一是分别于1958年和1963年废除了文化部和合作部两个部。这源于1957年的政治变革。另一个例外发生在20世纪80年代。持续不断的行政增长突然停止了。由于20世纪70年代以来的经济衰退，政府被迫停止了增长。政府之所以能够采取如此大胆的行动，重要的原因在于当时首相的地位强大，他得到了王权、军队和政党的支持。