Rowman & Littlefield Publishers The Democratic Transition in Nepal

This comprehensive analysis provides a thorough and balanced treatment of the emergence of a democratic polity in Nepal. Drawing on original survey data, Ramjee P. Parajulee analyzes the role of external forces in the transition process and the barriers to consolidating democracy. The author argues that a favorable external environment and the changing policies of outside actors influenced the perceptions and behavior of internal political forces, thus contributing to democratization efforts. Yet despite positive signs, the consolidation effort faces political, economic, and sociocultural roadblocks that will continue to hamper NepalOs development. Review This very detailed and thorough study of the complex political/social developments in Nepal since the pro-democracy uprising in 1990 provides what is undoubtedly the most objective analysis that has yet been published.--Journal of Asian and African Studies An excellent analysis of a very complex subject. This is the most thorough and comprehensive study written on the topic, both in the themes discussed and the breadth and depth of the analysis. The scholarship is remarkable and the treatment objective and fair.--Leo E. Rose, University of California, Berkeley About the Author Ramjee P. Parajulee is a research scholar in the Department of Political Science, George Washington University.