THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL MECHANISMS FOR PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PHILOSOPHY OF SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY OF ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE WESTERN

Abstract

The purpose of this research article was to present the model of activities for the development of social mechanisms for peaceful coexistence according to the sufficiency economy philosophy of the western ethnic groups. This research was an action research, the tools used in the research were analyzing the content from case studies of the five sub-projects and a group discussion with 9 experts from the family institute, institute of Buddhism educational institutions/governing institutions with a specific random method then analyzed the data by using descriptive content analysis techniques and evaluated by operating results (per indicator) from 30 participated volunteers then analyzed the data by using statistics: frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Found that the model of activities for the development of social mechanisms for peaceful coexistence according to the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy of the Western ethnic groups found that it was characterized as a network of ethnic cultural conservation sufficiency economy activities in the form of volunteer activities that show social responsibility which consisted of academic activities to instill awareness of the cultural heritage conservation of ethnic communities, emphasizing the capacity under the conditions of knowledge and morality according to the sufficiency economy philosophy and operating activities to disseminate the concept of Sufficiency Economy Philosophy that was the foundation for strengthening the capacity of ethnic communities as the foundation for national development. The results of the evaluation of each indicator showed that the context was at a high level, the input factor was at a high level, the process was at a high level  and the productivity was at a high level.