Abstract:
This research paper aims to study the bureaucracy’s history, as the elites in the absolute Monarchy in Siam established it as a political mechanism to govern the country. The purpose of this paper also includes the study of the problems concerning the political mechanism, that could lead to the revolution in 1932. Historical methodology should be used in this study, which finds out that, the bureaucracy, as a political mechanism, was established by the elites as a mean to concentrate the power on the king. In doing this, the example of the western countries was followed. However, the bureaucracy caused many problems in practice, such as, the overlapping of power between the King and his ministers, the lacking of manpower with high potential, the conflicts between the offices, as well as the layoff of many officer dues to economic problem. These were part of the caused leading to the revolution in 1932.
