Regional Development of Northeast Thailand and Formation of Thai Civil Society

1999年第七届泰国国际研讨会的主题是“泰国是一个民间社会吗？”泰国和外国研究人员分析了现实的泰国社会，并讨论了假设的“理想社会”与现实的公民社会之间的差距，以及需要克服的问题。然而，很少有研究者讨论占社会阶层大多数的当地人、农民和劳动者在公民社会形成中的作用。本研究在对社会宏观动力进行分析后积累的前人研究的基础上，试图通过微观分析来把握社区、农民和劳动者身份的新阶段的开启。这不仅表明了外国研究人员的数据采集，而且还表明了显著的社会事实，如当地人谋生和发展他们的文化的能力，这些深深植根于泰国社会、第四阶层和地区社区。为了考察自治组织(如公民团体和参与的行政组织)、自助组织(信用合作社等)的实际形成情况。并针对行政机关作为组织建设者、非政府组织和当地居民的作用，以社区为基础撰写专著。2000财年，在研究主题地区中，进行了每一次初步调查，包括对地区和研究区组织的访问。2001年3月，日本成员在琉球大学举行了一次研究会议。2001财年，日本研究人员在寒暑假期间进行了长达一个月的调查，并获得了结果数据。泰国研究人员也在各个领域进行了研究。2002财年(最后一年)，除了每一项研究外，上一财年总结国际研讨会于2月4-5日在北海道大学举行。这本书编辑了在这次研讨会上发表的论文。

The theme of the 7th 1999 International Thai Seminar was "Is Thailand a civil society?" Thai and foreign researchers analyzed actual Thai society and discussed the gap between the assumed 'ideal society' and the actual civil society, and the problems to be overcome. However, very few researchers discussed the roles of local people, farmers and laborers, who make up the majority of social strata, on the formation of civil societyThis research, based on accumulated previous research after social macro-dynamics were analyzed, tries to consider the opening of new phases in which identity of communities, farmers and laborers can be grasped with microanalysis. This indicates not only data acquisition by foreign researchers, but also remarkable social facts, such as locals' abilities to make their living and develop their culture, which are deeply rooted in Thai society, the fourth estate and regional communities.In order to examine the actual formation of autonomous organizations (such as citizens' groups and participating administrative organizations), self-help organizations (credit cooperatives, etc.) and the roles of the administrative organs that act as organizations builders, NGOs and local residents, making monographs on a community basis has been targeted.In FY 2000, among the research subject areas, each preliminary investigation was carried out, including visits to the organizations of the areas and research zones. In March 2001 Japanese member held a research meeting at Ryukyu University.In FY 2001, Japanese researchers conducted month-long investigations during both the summer and winter vacations, and obtained resulting data. Thai researchers also conducted their study in each field.In FY 2002 (final year), in addition to each one of researches, the international symposium of the conclusion of the last fiscal year was held in Hokkaido University in February 4-5. This book edits the papers presented at this symposium.