Nation-Building and Federalism in Nepal - Contentions on Framework

This book critically examines the transformation of Nepal from a unitary to a federal state at the time of its constitution-making (2006-2015).

List of contents

• Preface


• 1: Discourse: Nation-State versus State-Nation


• 2: History: Assimilation-produced Ethnic Inequality


• 3: New Horizon: Quest for Identity-based Federalism


• 4: A State of Two Nations?


• 5: Resistance and Reversion


• 6: Consensus Dishonoured


• 7: A Matter of Numbers


• 8: Missing Social Contract


• 9: Looking Back and Looking Forward


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Krishna Hachhethu is Professor of Political Science at Tribhuvan University, Nepal. In 2005, he was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Oxford. He was also a former member of the High-Level State Restructuring Commission of Nepal formed by the country's government, and the country coordinator for the South Asia Democracy Study Network. He has extensively written and published in academic journals, and has numerous authored books and edited volumes to his credit.

Summary

This book critically examines the transformation of Nepal from a unitary to a federal state at the time of its constitution-making (2006-2015).

Product details

• Authors: Krishna Hachhethu, Krishna (Professor of Political Science Hachhethu, Hachhethu Krishna
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.08.2023
• EAN: 9780198872894
• ISBN: 978-0-19-887289-4
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nepal, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, Political science & theory, Public Administration, Political science and theory, Public administration / Public policy