Contentious Politics and Democratization in Nepal - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761936017 ISBN 13: 9780761936015

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

Contradicting the popular thesis that contentious politics generally promotes democratization, this topical book shows that some forms of contentious politics can hinder it, even as other forms strengthen democracy. It also suggests that the nature of activities―whether they are coercive or voluntary―lead to different effects on democratization. A timely addition to the literature on Nepal, it will be of interest to scholars studying democratic politics, as well as practitioners engaged in nurturing development in fledgling democracies.

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About the Author

Mahendra Lawoti, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. He is the author of Towards a Democratic Nepal: Inclusive Political Institutions for a Multicultural Society (Sage Publications, 2005, third reprint 2006, Nepali translation 2007), Samabesi Sambidhan Sabha ra Rajyako Punarsamrachan (Inclusive Constituent Assembly and Restructuring of the State) (NISP, 2007), Looking Back, Looking Forward: Centralization, Multiple Conflicts and Democratic State Building in Nepal (Fortcoming, Washington: East West Center) and many articles and book chapters. He is currently revising his dissertation into a book to be titled Exclusion in New Democracies: Nepal in a Comparative Perspective. Professor Lawoti is the President of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies and Non- Resident Associate Fellow of the New York-headquartered Asia Society. His teaching and research interests cover international development, democratization and political institutions, constitutionalism, ethnic politics, social movements and insurgencies, and South Asian politics.

Review

We learn a great deal about the state of democratization in Nepal from this volume and also learn about the implications it will have for Nepal’s liberal democratic state...The contributions to this volume are carefully chosen, and the interconnections are nicely spelt out...Lawoti’s contribution breaks new ground...he teases out casual relationships between protest and democracy for a country not well understood and largely ignored in theoretical literature...I strongly recommend this volume to all interested in comparative politics and South Asia. Mahendra Lawoti provided valuable insights in a set of extraordinary events that have come to pass in that country while debating democratic consolidation and failures. Author: Pacific Affairs

The book presents a balanced view of the role of various political parties and movements in contemporary Nepal.

Author: Freedom First

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0761936017
• ISBN 13: 9780761936015
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 348
• Editor: Lawoti Mahendra