Research Abstract No.51
      This research aims at studying the powers resources, its types and
   transformation of power resources of field marshal p. piboonsongkram.
                                               by
                             Surawut Padthaisong (1992)   


    This research aims at studying the powers resources, its types and transformation of power resources
of Field Marshal P. Piboonsongkram. 
    The results of research shows that the types of power resources incoporate with military force,
legitimacy, personality, parliament member, cabinet and political party. 
    Field marshal p. piboonsongkram had the military force as power resources by the means of
development to modernization, which brings support to him from the military force. The legitimacy
deriving from nationalism and constitutionism, used the constitutiontactic as a tool to control parliament
member and established political party supported him. 
    What is borne out through the research is that when situation changes, level of importance of certain
power resources changes as well and the new power resources have been occured, that is in the early
period of field marshal p. piboonsongkram on the prime minister position, the military force was the most
importance power resources, then at the early end of his period, the military force did not the domain
most importance power resources, at the same time the new power resources were the most importance
as well, such as political party and legitimacy. 


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