Abstract:
The objective of the study of Muslim peasants adaptability in eastern Bangkok (Nong
Chok, Klongsamwa, and Minburi), is to learn about factors and conditions that affect the dynamic
of Muslim peasants and the adjustment mechanism. It is also to provide alternative for them to
adjust themselves. The results show 6 factors which are, 1. The influence of marketing system
under capitalism causes them to lose their land and property, 2. The situation of class
disintegration separated them to 2 categories: one who can keep their production factor, but the
other cannot, 3. The Thai governments role in the economy which they rely on and their
inability to improve their quality production, 4. The propose of agricultural inheritance were
inherited by 2 different generations which are, senior and novice, 5. The Islamic principle not to
focus on asset, but they support community integration, 6. The urban expansion that reduced
agricultural land. The adjustment mechanism includes, 1. The creation of grassroots innovation
from their knowledge, 2. The improvement of production to be self-reliance is based on 2
theories: anarchism, and religionism, 3. The integration marketing system negotiation forms a
financial community, Islamic cooperation, community enterprise and womens group, 4.Finding
the other carriers or building their own business. The alternative for Muslim peasants
improvement consists of 1. Adjustment under productive capitalism which may be divided to 2
forms: change to produce in rented land, and improve the production in their own land, 2.
Adjustment to anarchism which forms a group to be self-reliance, the sufficiency economic
theory which has improved integrated agriculture, 3. Development of the culture community
concept such as the debt reduction by Islamic cooperation, the empowering human, social, and
cultural capital.