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

• Autore: Brown T. Louise <1963, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 321.8095496
• Soggetto topico: Panchayat - Nepal; Monarchy - Nepal
• Soggetto geografico: Nepal Politics and government History; Nepal History
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The challenge to democracy in Nepal
• ISBN: 1-134-88532-6; 1-134-88533-4; 1-280-32139-3; 0-203-41964-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779813803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Politics in Asia series.