LEADER 02938oam 2200673I 450 001 9910779813803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-88532-6 010 $a1-134-88533-4 010 $a1-280-32139-3 010 $a0-203-41964-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203419649 035 $a(CKB)111056485516358 035 $a(EBL)166696 035 $a(OCoLC)252778530 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000119568 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11132347 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000119568 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10058670 035 $a(PQKB)11682290 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL166696 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10057537 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL32139 035 $a(OCoLC)958105571 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC166696 035 $a(PPN)198453000 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485516358 100 $a20180331d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe challenge to democracy in Nepal $ea political history /$fT. Louise Brown 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1996. 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 225 1 $aPolitics in Asia series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-203-30779-8 311 $a0-415-08576-4 320 $aIncludes bibliography and index. 327 $a""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"" 330 $aIn 1990 Nepal's Peoples Movement reduced King Birendra from an absolute ruler to a constitutional monarch. This book is the first academic analysis of these events and places the 'revolution' of 1990 within the context of Nepali history.Louise Brown examines the background to Nepal's recent upheavals as well as covering the country's ealy history and its continuing problems of national integration. The previous, unsuccessful, democratic experiment and the nature of monarchical rule are discussed within an analysis of Nepal's social and economic modernisation. The evolution of political parties 410 0$aPolitics in Asia series. 606 $aPanchayat$zNepal 606 $aMonarchy$zNepal 607 $aNepal$xPolitics and government$xHistory 607 $aNepal$xHistory 615 0$aPanchayat 615 0$aMonarchy 676 $a321.8095496 700 $aBrown$b T. Louise$f1963,$01468708 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779813803321 996 $aThe challenge to democracy in Nepal$93680020 997 $aUNINA