03124nam 22006493u 450 991078112430332120230721010156.01-282-71334-597866127133470-7391-5865-1(CKB)2550000000018986(EBL)616401(OCoLC)700699581(SSID)ssj0000424851(PQKBManifestationID)12209734(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424851(PQKBWorkID)10474783(PQKB)11353898(MiAaPQ)EBC616401(EXLCZ)99255000000001898620130527d2007|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrParadise Lost?[electronic resource] State Failure in NepalLanham Lexington Books20071 online resource (235 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-4664-5 Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Nepal Timeline: 1768-2006; Introduction: Understanding the Crisis in Nepal and State Failure; Chapter 01. State Formation and Political Transition in Nepal (1768-2005); Chapter 02. Ethnicity and Politics in Nepal; Chapter 03. Economic Crisis and the Lack of Performance Legitimacy; Chapter 04. Maoist Insurgency and the Militarization of the Nepali Polity and Society; Chapter 05. Popular Uprising 2006; Chapter 06. Problems and Prospects; Appendix 1: Nepal: The Fundamentals; Appendix 2: Memorandum from UNPF to the Prime MinisterAppendix 3: Unofficial Translation of the Letter of Understanding between the Seven-Party Coalition and the Communist Party of NepalAppendix 4: Unofficial Translation of the Eight-Point Agreement between SPA and the CPN (M); Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorsParadise Lost? examines the state-society relationships in Nepal and demonstrates that the nature of the state, disjuncture between the state and the society, and the rupture of the ideological hegemony of the ruling class of Nepal have created a situation where existing institutional frameworks are disintegrating and the state is unraveling rapidly.Legitimacy of governments -- NepalNepal - Politics and government -Nepal -- Politics and government -- 21st centuryPolitical culture -- NepalPolitical stability - NepalPolitical stability -- NepalLegitimacy of governments -- Nepal.Nepal - Politics and government -.Nepal -- Politics and government -- 21st century.Political culture -- Nepal.Political stability - Nepal.Political stability -- Nepal.320.95496954.96Riaz Ali1958-573687Basu Subho1502554AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910781124303321Paradise Lost3730392UNINA