Infrastrustures of Democracy: Politics and Processes of Road Building in Rural Nepal

Infrastructures of Democracy is useful for understanding how the planning and implementation of different modalities of road construction in rural Nepal take place. It is fascinating to read how formal and informal planning for district roads is shaped by the power and influence of political parties eventually leading to burdens for the marginalized people, high levels of corruption among those involved in the nexus, and poor quality of roads. It gives hints to how social justice can be promoted in road building.

Katharine N. Rankin is Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Sara Shneiderman is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and School of Public Policy & Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Mukta S. Tamang is Lecturer in the Central Department of Anthropology at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.