most analyses
rather superficial
based on journalists' reports rather than firsthand research
a recent exception begin Callahan and mccargo 1996
politics at the provincial level and below are mostly ignored altogether for example in recent volume on elections in southeast asia neither of two contributors on thailand even mentions provincial or subdistrict-level elections [b]ecause thailand is a highly centralized parliamentary democracy local elections are of little significance general elections are what matter
one of the contributors anek states that