Abstract:
This article would like to present the establishment of decentralization for localities. With
improvements from the research report on Thai political history The comparison of local politics during
Thaksin Shinawatra and General Prayut Chan-ocha, a case study of Samutprakan Province after the 1997
constitution, a case study in Samutprakan Province. Where from before the use of the 1997 constitution,
localities in Samutprakan Province Failed to set policy guidelines Or can determine their own future
Because power is centralized in the central bureaucracy And give power to government officials in the
district In control Let the village chief and the village headman be the local manager only. But after this
1997 constitution, the sub-district administrative organization council was established. Local politicians in
different areas In Samutprakan area Saw a channel to build a power base for themselves in the subdistrict
Causing them to expand themselves Into various local administrative organizations And more
importantly, it also uses the network network patronage system Build their own power base Leading to a
strong local sound base Has the power to negotiate with politics at the national level successfully.
