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  title info:
    title: Self-Determination & Constitution Making in Nepal
    sub title: Constituent Assembly, Inclusion, & Ethnic Federalism
  name:
    name part: Bhandari, Surendra.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: si
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXIII, 252 p. 6 illus. online resource.
  abstract: This book systematically analyzes why constitutions do not survive in Nepal, despite sixty years of constitutional history. The author discusses the epistemology of ethnic federalism in Nepal and examines the challenges of nation building and post-nation constitutionalism. The work addresses the connection between ethnic identity, right to self-determination, constitution making and state restructuring, offering possible ways forward for Nepal. Chapters consider lessons to be drawn from the past and examine reasons for the abolition of monarchy in Nepal. The book highlights the major problems that the first elected Constituent Assembly (CA) faced in promulgating a new constitution, before it was dissolved in 2012. The concept of right to self-determination and its complexities at the domestic level are all explored, along with ways forward to address the problem of constitutionalism, ethnic federalism, and democracy. The author offers solutions as to how the second CA could address problems to promulgate a new constitution. The book elaborates on the role that constitutionalism plays in constitution making and the survival of a constitution. Scholars of politics and international studies, policy makers and those with an interest in law and constitution in Asia will all find this work of interest.
  table of contents: Dedication -- List of Tables and Charts- Preface -- Acronyms -- Chapter 1: The Landscape of Constitution Making in Nepal -- 1.1: Six Decades of Constitutional History -- 1.2: Pre-1990 Constitution Making Processes -- 1.3: The 1990 Constitution Making Process -- 1.4: Making of the Interim Constitution 2007 -- 1.5: Lessons from Past Constitutions Making -- 1.5.1: Constitution Writing versus Constitution Making -- 1.5.2: Constitution versus Constitutionalism -- 1.5.3: Political Interests versus System Building -- 1.5.4: Power versus Authority -- 1.5.5: The Rule of Law versus Rule by Law -- 1.5.6: Legitimacy versus Political Ideology -- 1.5.7: Challenges of the Divided Society and the Constitution Making -- 1.5.8: From Uncertainty to Political Stability -- 1.6: Concluding Observations -- Chapter 2: Abolition of Monarchy -- 2.1 Background -- 2.2: The First Conflict: Conflict between Gorkha and other Principalities -- 2.3: The Second Conflict: Conflict between the Shah and Rana Dynasties -- 2.4: The Third Conflict: The King versus the People -- 2.4.1 Conflict between the King and the People from 1951 to 1990 -- 2.4.2 Conflict from 1990 to 2008 -- 2.5 Concluding Observations -- Chapter 3: Why did the Constituent Assembly Fail? -- 3.1: The Context of the CA -- 3.2: Reasons for the Failure of the CA -- 3.2.1: The Redundant Role of the CA -- 3.2.2: Faulty Discourse -- 3.2.3: Crisis of Constitutionalism -- 3.2.4: Democratic Deficit -- 3.3: Designing a Constitution in the Future -- 3.3.1: Political Consensus -- 3.3.2: From Ideology to Constitutionalism? -- 3.3.3: Civic or Citizenry Identity -- 3.3.4: Welfare-Grundnorm -- 3.4: Concluding Observations -- Chapter 4: Epistemology of Ethnic Federalism -- 4.1: Civic or Ethnic Federalism? -- 4.2: Ethnic & Indigenous Identity -- 4.3: Ethnic Federalism in Nepal -- 4.4: Major Schools of Thought & the Controversy -- 4.5: Civic Identity -- 4.5.1: Marxism -- 4.5.2: Max Weber & Ethnicity -- 4.5.3: Robert Park & Assimilation to Civic State --…
  note: by Surendra Bhandari.
  subject:
    topic: Political science
  subject:
    topic: Comparative politics
  subject:
    topic: Constitutional law
  subject:
    topic: Political Science and International Relations
  subject:
    topic: Comparative Politics
  subject:
    topic: Constitutional Law
  classification: JA71-80
  classification: 320
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      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9789812870056
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-005-6
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