Self-Determination & Constitution Making in Nepal

Dedication.- List of Tables and Charts- Preface.- Acronyms.- Chapter 1: The Landscape of Constitution Making in Nepal.- 1.1: Six Decades of Constitutional History.- 1.2: Pre-1990 Constitution Making Processes.- 1.3: The 1990 Constitution Making Process.- 1.4: Making of the Interim Constitution 2007.- 1.5: Lessons from Past Constitutions Making.- 1.5.1: Constitution Writing versus Constitution Making.- 1.5.2: Constitution versus Constitutionalism.- 1.5.3: Political Interests versus System Building.- 1.5.4: Power versus Authority.- 1.5.5: The Rule of Law versus Rule by Law.- 1.5.6: Legitimacy versus Political Ideology.- 1.5.7: Challenges of the Divided Society and the Constitution Making.- 1.5.8: From Uncertainty to Political Stability.- 1.6: Concluding Observations.- Chapter 2: Abolition of Monarchy.- 2.1 Background.- 2.2: The First Conflict: Conflict between Gorkha and other Principalities.- 2.3: The Second Conflict: Conflict between the Shah and Rana Dynasties.- 2.4: The Third Conflict: The King versus the People.- 2.4.1 Conflict between the King and the People from 1951 to 1990.- 2.4.2 Conflict from 1990 to 2008.- 2.5 Concluding Observations.- Chapter 3: Why did the Constituent Assembly Fail?.- 3.1: The Context of the CA.- 3.2: Reasons for the Failure of the CA.- 3.2.1: The Redundant Role of the CA.- 3.2.2: Faulty Discourse.- 3.2.3: Crisis of Constitutionalism.- 3.2.4: Democratic Deficit.- 3.3: Designing a Constitution in the Future.- 3.3.1: Political Consensus.- 3.3.2: From Ideology to Constitutionalism?.- 3.3.3: Civic or Citizenry Identity.- 3.3.4: Welfare-Grundnorm.- 3.4: Concluding Observations.- Chapter 4: Epistemology of Ethnic Federalism.- 4.1: Civic or Ethnic Federalism?.- 4.2: Ethnic & Indigenous Identity.- 4.3: Ethnic Federalism in Nepal.- 4.4: Major Schools of Thought & the Controversy.- 4.5: Civic Identity.- 4.5.1: Marxism.- 4.5.2: Max Weber & Ethnicity.- 4.5.3: Robert Park & Assimilation to Civic State.- 4.6: Concluding Observations.- Chapter 5: Nation-Building, Inclusion & Liberal Democracy.- 5.1: Nation-Building in Nepal.- 5.1.1: Formative Stage of Nation-Building.- 5.1.2: Democratic Stage of Nation-Building.- 5.1.3 Post-National Stage of Nation-Building.- 5.2 Inclusion.- 5.2.1 Inclusion During the Panchayati Era: 1960-1990.- 5.2.2 Inclusion in the Post-1990 Era.- 5.3: Liberal Democracy & Federalism.- 5.3.1 Constitutionalism.- 5.3.2 The Rule of Law.- 5.3.3 Political Parties Reform.- 5.3.4 A Robust Counter Hegemonic Mechanism in Place.- 5.4: Concluding Observations.- Chapter 6: Right to Self-Determination & Restructuring the Nepalese State.- 6.1 Right to Self Determination (RSD).- 6.2: RSD: Internal Autonomy of Groups & Ethnic Federalism.- 6.2.1: The UN Declaration on Indigenous Peoples.- 6.2.2: RSD & Minority Rights.- 6.3: IRSD & its Scope: Empowerment of All Peoples.- 6.3.1: The Scope of IRSD under the UNDRIP.- 6.3.2 Rights over Land and Resources.- 6.3.3: IRSD and Human Rights for All Peoples.- 6.4: Restructuring the Nepalese State.- 6.4.1: Could Federalism Ensure Autonomy?.- 6.4.2: Is Federalism the Solution of Discrimination and Inequality?.- 6.4.3 Is Federalism the Natural Political Course for Nepal?.- 6.5: Concluding Observations.- Chapter 7: Prospects of Liberal Democracy and Development.- 7.1: The CA Must Not Repeat Past Mistakes: Learn From the Past.- 7.1.1: Learn from the Past and Shun any Redundant Role.- 7.1.2: Build and Entrench Constitutionalism.- 7.1.3: Espouse a Robust and Transparent Discourse.- 7.1.4: Don't Endure Democratic Deficit.- 7.2: Monarchy is Abolished: Monarchs Have Yet to be Abolished.- 7.2.1: Monarchs are still Predominant.- 7.2.2: Political Leaders are Acting Irresponsibly.- 7.3: Ethnic Federalism v. Federalism: Don't Summon the Condition of Scylla & Charybdis.- 7.3.1 Methodological Issues.- 7.3.2: A Riddle of Positive Discrimination.- 7.3.3: More Rigid Boundaries.- 7.3.4: Federalization is not a One-time Job.- 7.3.5: A Misnomer of Minority Protection.- 7.3.6: A Pricey Institution.- 7.3.7: Possible Political Conundrum.- 7.4: Inclusive State: Within the Scope of Human Rights.- 7.4.1: Full Cultural Expression and Plurality.- 7.4.2: Four Major Objections.- 7.4.3: Welfare Policy for an Inclusive State.- 7.5: Civic State: From a Normative to a Positive State.- 7.5.1: Social Political Equilibrium.- 7.5.2: Constrain to Democratic Majoritarianism.- 7.5.3: It is not an Ethnic State.- 7.5.4: The Rights-Based Approach.- 7.6: Political Parties Reform: From Private Companies to Public Entities.- 7.6.1: Private Companies to Public Entities.- 7.6.2: Political Intolerance.- 7.6.3: Party Fetish.- 7.7: Liberal Democracy: Social Engineering of Inclusion, Participation, and State Restructuring.- 7.7.1: Challenges of Liberal Democracy.- 7.7.2: Consociational Democracy & Power-Sharing.- 7.7.3: Democracy as a Way of Life.- 7.8: Positive Discrimination: Revisiting the Rawlsian Model.- 7.8.1: Justice as Fairness.- 7.8.2: The Political Conception of Justice.- 7.8.3: Managing Inequality.- 7.8.4: What is to be done?.- 7.9: The Rule of Law: From Constitutionalism to Post-Constitutionalism.- 7.9.1: A Positive Order.- 7.9.2: Constitutional to Post-Constitutional Order.- 7.10: Freedom and Development: B. P. Koirala & Amartya Sen Revisited.- 7.10.1: Human Face of Development.- 7.10.2: Unfreedoms and Remediable Injustices.- 7.10.3: B. P. Koirala.- 7.11: Policy Choices: Welfare-Grundnorm.- 7.11.1: Fairness, Efficiency, and Validity.- 7.11.2: Hierarchy and Grundnorm.- Chapter 8: Concluding Observations.- Bibliography.