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Malagodi, Mara,

Constitutional Nationalism and Legal Exclusion : Equality, identity politics, and democracy in Nepal (1990-2007) / Mara Malagodi. - 1st ed. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2013. - xxii, 316 pages ; ill.; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-289) and index.

1. Nepal's national constitution --
2. Constitutional nationalism and equality --
3. The making of the Nepali nation --
4. 'We, the people': drafting Nepal's 1990 constitution --
5. Post-1990 political conflict and identity politics --
6. The Supreme Court of Nepal --
7. Legal exclusion in post-1990 Nepal --
8. Nepal between continuity and change.

This book investigates the relationship between constitutional nationalism and patterns of legal exclusion during the 1990 constitutional experience of Nepal, focusing on the institutional management of socio-cultural diversity by the state in the context of post-Cold War re-democratization and the outcome of such strategy.


Includes passages in Nepali.

ISBN: 9780198082910 0198082916

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Constitutional law
Nationalism
Identity politics--Nepal.--Nepal.--Nepal.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Nepal--Politics and government--1990-

Dewey Class. No.: 320.95496 / MAL