A relationship between public administration for sustainable development and the application of sufficient economy of people in Bo-thong subdistrict, Bo-thong district, Chonburi Province
Abstract:
The present study aims to examine the relationship between public administration for sustainable development and the application of sufficient economy of people in Bo-Thong Subdistrict, Bo-Thong District, Chonburi Province. It is a mixed-method research. A qualitative data derived from interviewing 5 leaders in the community. The quantitative data were from a questionnaire distributed to people in Bo-thong Subdistrict. There were 362 copies of questionnaire (100 % of all copies). A statistic method was used to collect and analyze data. SPSS program was utilized to find frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The findings suggested that sustainable development and public administration were rated in the high level. The application sufficient economy was in the high level. The hypothesis testing showed that hypothesis 1, i.e. the relationship between sustainable development and application of sufficient economy in daily life of people, revealed that there was a relationship between these two factors. The findings from hypothesis 2 suggested that there was a relationship between public administration and application of sufficient economy in daily life of people. The findings from interviews of 5 leaders in the community, i.e. 3 administrators of Bo-thong municipality and 2 leaders of Bo-thong Subdistrict. All of them viewed that there was relationship between sustainable development with application of sufficient economy in daily life and between public administration and application of sufficient economy in daily life. It was consistent with the quantitative data.