02938oam 2200673I 450 991077981380332120200520144314.01-134-88532-61-134-88533-41-280-32139-30-203-41964-210.4324/9780203419649 (CKB)111056485516358(EBL)166696(OCoLC)252778530(SSID)ssj0000119568(PQKBManifestationID)11132347(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000119568(PQKBWorkID)10058670(PQKB)11682290(Au-PeEL)EBL166696(CaPaEBR)ebr10057537(CaONFJC)MIL32139(OCoLC)958105571(MiAaPQ)EBC166696(PPN)198453000(EXLCZ)9911105648551635820180331d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe challenge to democracy in Nepal a political history /T. Louise BrownLondon ;New York :Routledge,1996.1 online resource (253 p.)Politics in Asia seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-203-30779-8 0-415-08576-4 Includes bibliography and index.""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""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 partiesPolitics in Asia series.PanchayatNepalMonarchyNepalNepalPolitics and governmentHistoryNepalHistoryPanchayatMonarchy321.8095496Brown T. Louise1963,1468708MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779813803321The challenge to democracy in Nepal3680020UNINA