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Goucher College
Publication Date
Spring 2011
Abstract
This study examines the relationship between citizens, political parties, and local government in Nepal. Specifically, the research focuses on the relationship as it pertains to the decision-making processes in the VDC and DDC in Salleri, Solukhumbu. Through interviews with individuals at the policy level in Kathmandu, officials in Salleri, and residents of Salleri, the research studies this interaction and how it relates to citizen’s individual agency, political parties’ role as a middleman, and local government’s ability to communicate with local residents. The research concludes that parties are the only way for citizens to take their demands to local bodies. This process involves a capitalization on the needs of citizens, and a deprivation of citizen agency. It also enfeebles the local government’s ability to communicate with citizens, and it becomes reliant upon parties for the functionality of the political system.
Disciplines
Civic and Community Engagement | Inequality and Stratification | Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Political Theory | Public Administration | Public Affairs
Recommended Citation
Mueser, Benjamin Wolf Lehr, "Let's Talk About It: Political Relationships in Nepal" (2011). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 1066.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1066
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Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Commons, Political Theory Commons, Public Administration Commons, Public Affairs Commons
Program Name
Nepal: Development and Social Change