Notes

¹ Bhamorabutr, Abha, The Chakri Dynasty, D.K. Books, Bangkok, 1953.

² Aliani, Adnan, "The incremental development scheme," Masters thesis, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 1988.

³ Phongpaichit, Pasuk and Piriyarangsan, Sungsidh, Corruption and Democracy in Thailand, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 1994.

⁴ Elliot, H.M., History of Sind - As Told by its Own Historians, Allied Book Company, Karachi, 1985.

⁵ Benewick, Bob, "Political institutionalization at the basic level of government and below in China," in Gordon White ed., The Chinese State in the Era of Economic Reform: The Road to Crises, Macmillan, London, 1991.

⁶ Siddiqui, Kamal, Local Government in South Asia: A Comparative Study, University Press Limited, Dhaka, 1992.

⁷ Conversation with the Honourable Prachhote Akuru, former mayor of Songkhla, Thailand.

⁸ Bately, R., "Urban management in India," mimeo, University of Birmingham, 1994.

⁹ Conversation with the Honourable Prachhote Akuru, former mayor of Songkhla, Thailand.

¹⁰ Compiled by Patrick Wakely from his research notes.

¹¹ Yap Kioe Sheng, "Rental housing study of Bangkok," mimeo, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 1995.

¹² Murphy, Denis, A decent place to live--urban poor in Asia, Asian Coalition for Housing Rights, Bangkok, 1990.

¹³ Aliani, Adnan, loc. cit.

¹⁴ Murphy, Denis, loc. cit.

¹⁵ Aliani, Adnan, loc. cit.