Democratic Innocations in Nepal

Front Cover
University of California Press
 

Contents

The Setting
3
Historical Background
4
The Shah and Rana Political Systems
23
Oppositional Politics Under Rana Rule
40
The 1950 Revolution
57
The Search for Constitutional Democracy 195155
81
The Revolutionary Governments
83
King Tribhuwans Political Experiments
103
The 1959 Constitution and the General Elections
280
Experiment with Parliamentary Democracy 195960
301
The Elected Nepali Congress Government
303
Party Politics Under the Nepali Congress Government
317
gress Government
346
King Mahendra and Parliamentary
374
Experiments
395
The Politics of Guided Democracy
420

Party Politics in Postrevolutionary Nepal
124
195155
148
The Tribhuwan Period in Retrospect
167
Innovations in the Interim Political System 195559
177
King Mahendras Political Innovations
179
The Prelude to the 1959 General Elections
205
The Record
225
The Parties Prepare for the Elections
257
Political Organizations and Panchayat
443
Policy and Program of the Royal Regime
465
Patterns and Trends in Nepals Political
485
Notes
519
Bibliography
531
Glossary
541
Copyright

Common terms and phrases

Bibliographic information