From insurgency to democracy: The challenges of peace and democracy-building in Nepal

International Political Science Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Thapa, Ganga B ^a,b   Sharma, Jan ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b NONE   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Constituent Assembly; Democracy; Elections; Insurgency; Maoists; Monarchy; People's war

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349137087     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: 1460373X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512109102437     Document Type: Article

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