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

该项目旨在收集和汇编1892年4月1日以来泰国官僚制度的历史发展数据，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制度的正式生日。她的政府发布的公报是这项研究的主要数据来源。虽然已经完成了一本关于泰国官僚机构历史发展的资料书，但这并不是说它是完美的，因为行政单位的变更是在1933年以后才开始依法进行的。(1)虽然1892年4月1日有13个部委，但在1932年6月减少到只有7个。这主要是因为面对严重的经济衰退，政府不得不通过削减政府机构来减轻财政负担。(2)1993年之前，行政机构的数量因绝对王相当武断的重组而波动，而自1933年以来，部委和部门的数量不断增加。然而，这一概括有两个值得注意的例外。一种是分别于1958年和1963年取消文化部和合作部两个部委。这是由于1957年的一次政治变革造成的，另一个例外是在20世纪80年代。持续不断的行政增长突然停止了。自20世纪70年代以来，由于经济低迷，政府被迫停止了增长。政府之所以能采取如此大胆的行动，重要原因在于当时有一个得到王权、军事和政党支持的总理的强大地位。

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.