02832nam 2200649Ia 450 991097214720332120251116143213.01-134-88532-61-134-88533-41-280-32139-30-203-41964-210.4324/9780203419649 (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)9911105648551635819960122d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe challenge to democracy in Nepal a political history /T. Louise BrownLondon Routledge19961 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.PanchayatNepalMonarchyNepalPanchayatMonarchy321.8095496Brown T. Louise1963-1878866MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972147203321The challenge to democracy in Nepal4491786UNINA