Publication
13 Jan 2011
Federal restructuring of the state has emerged as a major demand of ethnic and regional activists in Nepal. The debate about it is extremely politicized. Federalism is not simply the decentralization of political power; it has become a powerful symbol for a wider agenda of inclusion, which encompasses other institutional reforms to guarantee ethnic proportional representation and a redefinition of Nepali nationalism to recognize the country's ethnic and cultural diversity.
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Series | Crisis Group Asia Reports |
Issue | 199 |
Publisher | International Crisis Group (ICG) |
Copyright | © 2011 International Crisis Group (Crisis Group) |