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Weaknesses, Issues, Problems and Challenges of Nepalese political leadership

Professor Ram Kumar Dahal (Retd) Tribhuwan University, Nepal Political challenges and problems: The ruling elites and political leadership in Nepal, in spite of their flowery slogans of inclusive and participatory democracy, have terribly failed to promote political stability, institutionalize democracy. The deteriorating law and order situation in different parts of the country, particularly in the […]

Nepal: Solidifying National Integrity – Part 3

Professor Durga D Poudel, USA National integrity is a critical element for sovereignty, economic development, prosperity, and peace. A sense of togetherness among its citizen, a sense of bonding between the state and its people, and a sense of pride among the people being citizen of a country is the foundation for a nation to […]

Peace from Bottom Up

Dev Raj Dahal, Kathmandu, Nepal Introduction: The sustainability of peace largely rests on its ownership by all the stakeholders and its ability to yield benefit to all actors of society—powerful, potential and left out. The Nepali peace process, however, has links to power-sharing, DDR of all non-state armed groups, ideological fulfillment, and resolution of constitutional […]

Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal: An Assessment of the Rule of Law

Prof. Than Bahadur Chhetri Department of Political Science Prithvi Narayan Campus, Pokhara Corresponding Author: Than Bahadur Chhetri, Email: than.chhetri@prnc.tu.edu.np Abstract: The Rule of law, a set of principles of governance, apply to all individuals, organizations and the government itself. Democracy is a political system governed by the rule of law. No rule of law means […]

Principles and Practices of Federal System

–D. N Dhungel, AB Raj Bhandari, Prem Raj Gautam, Arjun Mani Dixit with BN Devkota and Bhupendra Lamsal The terms federation and federal governance systems are used interchangeably. This chapter attempts to define the terms and make a comparative study of some selected federal systems. Federation and Federal System:  The term ‘federation’ is derived from […]