Democratic Way of Life: The Thai’s Political Behavior

Abstract

Many countries in the world think that democracy is one of the best since it is considered the governing of the people, by the people, and for the people. Democracy has meaning in a variety of dimensions including the form of governance, governing principles, including the existence of humans. The purpose of this research was to propose democratic way of life in the Thai’s political behavior. This research was the qualitative research by studying the document concerning the political behaviors form the text book, the article, the other media involved. Then, data were analyzed by content analysis. Research results found that the democracy in a broad sense means another way of life for citizens, with patterns of behavior in politics, economy, society and culture called the "democratic way" with 3-dimensional components, including; (1)Democracy understanding: citizens of democratic states must understand the rules and regulations of peaceful coexistence in society by learning about their roles, duties, and freedoms, as well as respect for the freedom of others. (2)Democratic ideology: it is a strong belief in the value of every human being that has value, has the potential to learn, be free, to love, to be generous with one another, and to cooperate to develop society to the benefit of everyone in society. (3) Living a democracy: living the life of a democratic citizen based on equality, freedom, fraternity, and human dignity.