Nepal Democracy at Cross Roads: Post-1990 Dynamics, Issues and Challenges

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The contemporary political history of Nepal is best characterized as the struggle for democracy. During the last more then five decades the sustenance of democracy has been a major issue of the Nepali politics. Why democracy has failed in Nepal? What are the problems, challenges and prospects of democracy in that country? These are highly significant issues of the Nepali politics today. In fact, the Nepali politics is passing through a critical phase. The people are aspiring for a new phase of democracy and the leadership is passing through a testing time. The joining of Maoists the political mainstream is a remarkable achievement. It is now for the democratic leadership of Nepal to utilize this opportunity to lay down a strong foundation of democracy, stability and peace in the country. The present study largely focuses on these and other such issues relating to the problems and prospects of democracy in Nepal. It provides an indepth analysis of the post-April, 2006 political developments in Nepal and also an analysis of the events leading to the promulgation of the interim constitution and the Maoists joining the interim government.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR B.C. Upreti

B.C. Upreti is a senior faculty member in the South Asia Studies Centre, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He is associated with the studies on Nepal for last three decades. He has written extensively on South Asia in general and Nepal in particular. Dr. Upreti has nearly two-dozen books to his credit and has also contributed nearly 80 research papers in different edited books and leading national and international journals. Apart from his studies on Nepal, he has also taken interest on the studies on Bhutan and Uttarakhand. The major thrust areas of his research are: Foreign Assistance; Developmental Issues and Challenges; Water Resources; Inter-State Migrations; Regional Security; Electoral Politics; Regional and Sub-Regional Cooperation in South Asia.