Consolidating Democracy in Nepal
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Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Civil society |
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Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Civil society |
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Author | : Akshyata Uprety |
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Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 2020 |
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In 2008, Nepal celebrated its long-awaited victory over the 240-year-old monarchy when the King was overthrown by the newly-elected Constituent Assembly. Since then, Nepalese people have made numerous attempts to incorporate in Nepal, the norms and values required to consolidate its new-found democracy. However, the process of democratization in Nepal has proven to be extremely difficult given its perennial history of authoritarian monarchical rule. Within the time-span of ten years, the country has shown all three- transitional, systematic, and contextual problems associated with third-wave democracies. Whilst the first two problems- transitional and systematic problems undoubtedly daunt democratic prospects of the country, the paper postulates that the greatest obstacles in the trajectory of Nepali democracy have arisen from contextual issues given Nepal's long history of authoritarian rule. Reiterating the significance of its history, the research paper attempts to evaluate the effects of prolonged authoritarian rule on citizens and analyze whether or not it has played a role in destabilizing democratic aspirations of the country. Using qualitative methodology of interview for data collection, the paper finds that contextual issues such as history has had an impact on democratic consolidation of Nepal as sentiments of "authoritarian nostalgia" has become widespread among Nepali citizens.
Author | : Jakob Rogild Jakobsen |
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Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 1994 |
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Author | : Ramjee P. Parajulee |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780847695775 |
PART TWO: EXTERNAL ACTORS
Author | : Maya Chadda |
Publisher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781555878597 |
4. King vs. Parliament: Democratization in Nepal
Author | : Rajendra Subba |
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Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Federal government |
ISBN | : 9789937210942 |
Author | : Vibha Arora |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2020-11-29 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1000084353 |
Historically treated as an amorphous borderland and marginal to the understanding of democratic politics and governance in South Asia, Southeast Asia and northern Asia, the Himalayan region, in the last 50 years, has become an ‘active political laboratory’ for experiments in democratic structures and institutions. In turn, it has witnessed the evolution of myriad political ideologies, movements and administrative strategies to accommodate and pacify heterogeneous ethnic-national identities. Routeing Democracy in the Himalayas highlights how, through an ongoing process of democratisation, the Western liberal ideologies of democracy and decentralisation have interacted with varied indigenous politico-cultural ideas and institutions of an ethnic-nationally diverse population. It also reviews how formal democracy, regular elections, local self-governing structures, protection of the rights of minorities and indigenes, freedom of expression, development of mass media and formation of ethnic homelands — all have furthered participatory democracy, empowered the traditionally marginalised groups and ensured sustainable development to varying degrees. The book provides ethnographic and historical vistas of democracy under formation, at work, being contested and even being undermined, showing how democratisation thematically stitches the independent Himalayan nations and the Indian Himalayan states into a distinctive regional political mosaic. Combining new perspectives from comparative sociology, political anthropology and development studies, the volume will be useful for policy makers, as well as specialists, researchers and students in sociology, anthropology, area studies, development studies, and Tibet and Himalayan studies.
Author | : Paul Taylor |
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Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 1994 |
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Author | : John Higley |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780521424226 |
A distinguished group of scholars examine recent transitions to democracy and the prospects for democratic stability in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Portugal, Spain and Uruguay. They also assess the role of elites in the longer-established democratic regimes in Columbia, Costa Rica, Italy, Mexico and Venezuela. The authors conclude that in independent states with long records of political instability and authoritarian rule, democratic consolidation requires the achievement of elite 'consensual unity' - that is, agreement among all politically important elites on the worth of existing democratic institutions and respect for democratic rules-of-the-game, coupled with increased 'structural integration' among those elites. Two processes by which consensual unity can be established are explored - elite settlement, the negotiating of compromises on basic disagreements, and elite convergence, a more subtle series of tactical decisions by rival elites which have cumulative effect, over perhaps a generation.
Author | : Samuel P. Huntington |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2012-09-06 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0806186046 |
Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government. This global democratic revolution is probably the most important political trend in the late twentieth century. In The Third Wave, Samuel P. Huntington analyzes the causes and nature of these democratic transitions, evaluates the prospects for stability of the new democracies, and explores the possibility of more countries becoming democratic. The recent transitions, he argues, are the third major wave of democratization in the modem world. Each of the two previous waves was followed by a reverse wave in which some countries shifted back to authoritarian government. Using concrete examples, empirical evidence, and insightful analysis, Huntington provides neither a theory nor a history of the third wave, but an explanation of why and how it occurred. Factors responsible for the democratic trend include the legitimacy dilemmas of authoritarian regimes; economic and social development; the changed role of the Catholic Church; the impact of the United States, the European Community, and the Soviet Union; and the "snowballing" phenomenon: change in one country stimulating change in others. Five key elite groups within and outside the nondemocratic regime played roles in shaping the various ways democratization occurred. Compromise was key to all democratizations, and elections and nonviolent tactics also were central. New democracies must deal with the "torturer problem" and the "praetorian problem" and attempt to develop democratic values and processes. Disillusionment with democracy, Huntington argues, is necessary to consolidating democracy. He concludes the book with an analysis of the political, economic, and cultural factors that will decide whether or not the third wave continues. Several "Guidelines for Democratizers" offer specific, practical suggestions for initiating and carrying out reform. Huntington's emphasis on practical application makes this book a valuable tool for anyone engaged in the democratization process. At this volatile time in history, Huntington's assessment of the processes of democratization is indispensable to understanding the future of democracy in the world.