L'administration rurale en Thaïlande
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Abstract EN:
In all countries, and especially in those that are developing, traditional administration based on the stability of a social code and the weight of custom is no longer appropriate in this day and age. The old mentality - the structures and methods of the past - are not adapted to the complexity of present tasks, to their multiplicity and diversification. They paralyse both dialogue and dicision-making. This opposition to progress, by impeding economic, social and individual development, aggravates problems and difficulties. It leads to conflicts and confrontations harmful to the community. For any given nation, the end result can well be a division and weakening that open the door to subversion and destabilisation, the latter winning the day by means of intimidation, propaganda and even direct violence. Faced with these grave problems, thailand has undertaken enormous efforts and produced positive results in various fields, notably in the economic sphere. But the rural population (80% of the total) tends to become more impoverished and rife with an insecurity engendered by latent violence. The object of the present study is to analyse the state of rural
Abstract FR:
Dans tous les pays, et specialement dans ceux en voie de developpement, la place n'est plus, a l'heure actuelle, a une administration traditionnelle, basee sur la stabilite des moeurs et le poids des coutumes. La mentalite ancienne, les structures, les methodes passees ne sont pas adaptees a la complexite des taches, a leur multiplication, a leur diversification. Elles paralysent le dialogue et la prise de decisions. Cet immobilisme, freinant le developpement economique, social et humain, aggrave problemes et difficultes. Il induit des conflits et des affrontements prejudiciables a la communaute. Il peut en resulter, pour la nation, une division et un affaiblissement qui ouvrent la voie a la subversion et a la destabilisation lesquelles peuvent l'emporter par la menace, la propagande et meme la violence directe. Confrontee a ces graves problemes, la thailande a entrepris de grands efforts et enregistre des resultats positifs dans divers domaines, notamment sur le plan economique. Mais le monde rural, qui groupe 80% de la population, est toujours voue a l'appauvrissement, a l'insecurite engendree par une violence latente. Le present travail se propose d'analyser le monde rural thai et