Democratic Transition in Bhutan

Democratic Transition in Bhutan
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 453
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ISBN-10 : 9781000712957
ISBN-13 : 1000712958
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Book Synopsis Democratic Transition in Bhutan by : Sonam Kinga

Download or read book Democratic Transition in Bhutan written by Sonam Kinga and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies how a modern monarchy transformed Bhutan into a parliamentary democracy. A political ethnography, it focuses on the historic elections of 2007–2008, and studies democracy and its transformational processes from the ground up. It draws on historical as well as contemporary theories about kingship and regime change to analyse Bhutan’s nascent democratic process and reflect on the direction of political change, both at the state and local levels in the aftermath of the elections. It also presents insights into the electoral and political process by giving a first-hand account of the author’s own participation in the elections and ponders on the larger political implications of this election for the region. A strong theoretical discussion situated in robust fieldwork and personal experience, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of politics, especially comparative politics and political institutions, South Asian and Himalayan Studies, political sociology and social anthropology.


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