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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455441803321

Autore

Brown T. Louise <1963, >

Titolo

The challenge to democracy in Nepal : a political history / / T. Louise Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-88533-4

1-280-32139-3

0-203-41964-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Politics in Asia series

Disciplina

321.8095496

Soggetti

Panchayat - Nepal

Monarchy - Nepal

Electronic books.

Nepal Politics and government History

Nepal History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Book Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Traditional Nepal""; ""The restoration of monarchical rule""; ""Society and politics in the Panchayat System""; ""King Birendra and the reformed Panchayat System""; ""The Jana Andolan""; ""The interim government""; ""Democratic Nepal""; ""Conclusion: The prospects for democracy in Nepal""; ""Postscript""; ""List of interviewees""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

In 1990 Nepal's Peoples Movement reduced King Birendra from an absolute ruler to a constitutional monarch. This book is the first academic analysis of these events and places the 'revolution' of 1990 within the context of Nepali history.Louise Brown examines the background to Nepal's recent upheavals as well as covering the country's ealy history and its continuing problems of national integration. The previous, unsuccessful, democratic experiment and the nature of monarchical rule are discussed within an analysis of Nepal's social and economic modernisation. The evolution of political parties