Nepal: A Country in Transition

Created in 1768 Nepal is one of the few countries to have escaped the colonial occupation.However since Nepal opened up to the modern world in 1951 it has faced a series of politicalupheavals followed by volatile constitutional experiments leading to increasing risks to its verybasic structure.Nepal: A Country in Transition analyses the crux of ongoing upheavals on multiple fronts andhelps in a comprehensive understanding of the problems facing the country. A group of eminentscholars discuss pragmatic strategies to deal with the many crises and ensure Nepal’s nationalunity sovereignty territorial integrity and ways to economic prosperity in the twenty-first century.An important addition to the existing literature on the country this book looks at Nepal throughmultiple lenses suggesting the way forward.