Can Social Networks Promote Political Trust? A Case Study of Sukhothai Province Tells the Story
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Oct 18, 2022
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to study the relationship between the concept of a network of civil engagement and political trust in Sukhothai Province. The study was based on a quantitative study by collecting data from a sample of 400 people. The data was analyzed using the SPSS for Windows program. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, and multiple regression analysis. It was found that, in general, there was a positive relationship between the network of civil engagement and political trust in this Province. The variables can account for 70.5 percent of the variation in political trust (R2 = 0.705). However, the study also found that there were only teachers – parents associations, occupation groups, elderly groups, group formed by the state, volunteer and political groups that shown the positive relationship with political trust. Arguably, only organizations that characterized as formal and/or semi-formal networks, be hierarchical organizations, be professional organizations and have connection with governmental agencies that had a correlation with political trust. To develop a level of political trust, government agencies should encourage people to participate in such networks since it can strengthen the development of democracy.
Keywords: Network of Civil Engagement, Political Trust, Sukhothai Province
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Fennema, M., & Tillie, J. (2001). Civic Community, Political Participation and Political Trust of Ethnic Groups. Connections, 24(1), 26-41. Retrieved from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.211.9053&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Fukuyama, F. (1995). Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity. New York: Free Press Paperbacks.
Gaby, S. (2017). The Civic Engagement Gap(s): Youth Participation and Inequality From 1976 to 2009. Youth & Society, 49(7), 923-946. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X16678155
Hadenius, A. (2004). Social Capital and Democracy: Institutional and Social Preconditions. In S. Prakash, & P. Selle (Eds.), Investigating Social Capital: Comparative Perspectives on Civil Society, Participation and Governance (pp. 47-63). New Delhi: Sage Publications.
Hetherington, M. J. (1998). The Political Relevance of Political Trust. American Political Science Review, 92(4), 791-808. https://doi.org/10.2307/2586304
Ikeda, K., & Richey, S. E. (2005). Japanese Network Capital: The Impact of Social Networks on Japanese Political Participation. Political Behavior, 27(3), 239-260. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-005-5512-0
Li, L. (2004). Political Trust in Rural China. Modern China, 30(2), 228-258. https://doi.org/10.1177/0097700403261824
Li, Y., Pickles, A., & Savage, M. (2005). Social Capital and Social Trust in Britain. European Sociological Review, 21(2), 109-123. http://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jci007
Marin, A., & Wellman, B. (2010). Social Network Analysis: An Introduction. In J. Scott, & P. J. Carrington (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Social Network Analysis, Thousand Oaks (pp. 11-25). London: Sage Publications. Retrieved from https://mis.csit.sci.tsu.ac.th/siraya/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1Social-Network-Analysis-An-Introduction-1.pdf
Milroy, L., & Milroy, J. (1992). Social Network and Social Class: Toward an Integrated Sociolinguistic Model. Language in Society, 21(1), 1-26. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404500015013
Mishler, W., & Rose, R. (2001). What are the Origins of Political Trust? Testing Institutional and Cultural Theories in Post-communist Societies. Comparative Political Studies, 34(1), 30-62. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414001034001002
Mongkolnchaiarunya, J. (2005). Promoting a Community-based Solid-waste Management Initiative in Local Government: Yala Municipality, Thailand. Habitat International, 29(1), 27-40. http://doi.org/10.1016/S0197-3975(03)00060-2
Mutebi, A. M. (2005). Government and Citizen Engagement at the Local Level in Thailand: Nan Municipality’s “Roundtables” and “Expert Panels”. Asia Pacific: Perspectives, 5(2), 16-28. Retrieved from https://www.usfca.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/v5n2_mutebi.pdf
Newton, K. (2001). Trust, Social Capital, Civil Society, and Democracy. International Political Science Review, 22(2), 201-214. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512101222004
Newton, K., Stolle, D., & Zmerli, S. (2018). Social and Political Trust. In E. M. Uslaner (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Social and Political Trust (pp. 37-56). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Nilson, D. C., & Nilson, L. B. (1980). Trust in Elites and Protest Orientation: An Integrative Approach. Political Behavior, 2(4), 385-404. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/586421?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Paxton, P. (2007). Association Memberships and Generalized Trust: A Multilevel Model Across 31 Countries. Social Forces, 86(1), 47-76. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/4495027
Pelling, M., & High, C. (2005). Understanding Adaptation: What Can Social Capital Offer Assessments of Adaptive Capacity? Global Environmental Change, 15(4), 308-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2005.02.001
Putnam, R. D. (2000). Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. In Proceedings of the 2000 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. New York: Association for Computing Machinery. http://doi.org/10.1145/358916.361990
Putnam, R. D., Leonardi, R., & Nonetti, R. Y. (1993). Making Democracy Work: Civic Tradition in Modern Italy. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Retrieved from https://dl1.cuni.cz/pluginfile.php/408189/mod_resource/content/1/Uvod%20Robert%20D%20Putnam_%20-Making%20democracy%20work
%20_%20civic%20traditions%20in%20modern%20Italy.pdf
Rudolph, T. J., & Evans, J. (2005). Political Trust, Ideology, and Public Support for Government Spending. American Journal of Political Science, 49(3), 660-671. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5907.2005.00148.x
Shi, T. (2001). Cultural Values and Political Trust: A Comparison of the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan. Comparative Politics, 33(4), 401-419. http://doi.org/10.2307/422441
Stone, W. (2001). Measuring Social Capital: Towards a Theoretically Informed Measurement Framework for Researching Social Capital in Family and Community Life. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Institute of Family Studies. Retrieved from http://www.cedarscenter.org/resources/Measuring_Social_Capital.pdf
Suebvises, P. (2018). Social Capital, Citizen Participation in Public Administration, and Public Sector Performance in Thailand. World Development, 109, 236-248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.05.007
Suh, H., Yee, J., & Chang, D. (2013). Type of Trust and Political Participation in Five Countries: Results of Social Quality Survey. Development and Society, 42(1), 1-28. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/deveandsoci.42.1.1
Thompson, C. (2017). Trust without Reliance. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 20(3), 643-655. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-017-9812-3
Verba, S., Schlozman, K. L., & Brady, H. E. (1995). Voice and Equality: Civic Voluntarism in American Politics. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
Warren, A. M., Sulaiman, A., & Jaafar, N. I. (2014). Social Media Effects on Fostering Online Civic Engagement and Building Citizen Trust and Trust in Institutions. Government Information Quarterly, 31(2), 291-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2013.11.007
Wicks, R. H., Wicks, J. L., Morimoto, S. A., Maxwell, A., & Schulte, S. R. (2014). Correlates of Political and Civic Engagement Among Youth During the 2012 Presidential Campaign. American Behavioral Scientist, 58(5), 622-644. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764213515226
You, J.-S. (2012). Social Trust: Fairness Matters More Than Homogeneity. Political Psychology, 33(5), 701-721. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00893.x
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SUKSAWAS, Wanlapat.
Can Social Networks Promote Political Trust? A Case Study of Sukhothai Province Tells the Story.
Journal of Community Development Research (Humanities and Social Sciences), [S.l.], v. 15, n. 4, p. 82-96, oct. 2022.
ISSN 2985-0231.
Available at: <https://www.journal.nu.ac.th/JCDR/article/view/Vol-15-No-4-2022-82-96>. Date accessed: 27 apr. 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.14456/jcdr-hs.2022.37.