CONDITIONAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE DEMOCRACY CITIZENSHIP OF YOUNG PEOPLE

  • Sasithorn Adisornmethakul 1Ph.D. Student, Political Science Major in Politics and Governance, College of Politics and Governance Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand
  • Wijittra Srisorn Faculty of Political Science Major in Politics and Governance, College of Politics and Governance Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand
  • Santhan Chayanon Faculty of Political Science Major in Politics and Governance, College of Politics and Governance Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand
Keywords: DEMOCRACY, CITIZENSHIP, Young people

Abstract

Civil politics and political participation is a situation in which people have the right and freedom to participate in the policy process and decentralize the people to determine their way of life without violating the rights of others within the framework of the law. Young people are very important in participating in the promotion and development of democracy. Since these young people will continue to grow up as citizens in a democratic society, they must encourage and develop their participation. Self-improvement, community development, and national development. The purpose of this research is to study democratic youth citizenship and to study the conditional factors affecting democratic youth citizenship. The sample group consisted of 400 youths who are students studying political science and public administration in higher education institutions in the northeastern region. The research tool is Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Basic Statistics and Multiple Regression Analysis. The results showed that (1) the overall democratic youth citizenship was moderate, ranking the mean from highest to lowest; Political Participation Behavior (political behavior), democratic cognitive (political awareness), democratic ideology (political attitude), and political partnership (political ownership) respectively. (2) Conditional factors affecting the citizenship of young people under democracy are (A) Social attitudes and participation in democratic activities. (B) The cognitive role of democratic citizenship had predictor coefficients in raw scores (b) of .431 and .038, respectively, with predictor coefficients in standardized scores (β). ).509 and .033.

Published
2023-03-09