Readings on Governance and Development, Vol. VII

Contents: 1. Nepal\'s challenges to democracy and peace/Dev Raj Dahal. 2. Constituent Assembly: the road ahead/Mukti Rijal. 3. People\'s Movements and transformation of the state in Nepal: challenges and risks ahead/Bishnu Raj Upreti. 4. Constituent Assembly: pathways to constitution making/Bhimarjun Acharya. 5. Constituent Assembly : context, issues and concerns/Prem Sharma. 6. Constituent Assembly and issues relating to inclusion of Dalits/Tek Tamrakar. 7. Politics of Constituent Assembly in Nepal/Krishna Belbase. 8. Civil society and its discontents/C.D. Bhatta. 9. WTO, LDCs\' stakes and Nepal/Yamuna Ghale. 10. Book review. 11. Trade Union against poverty/Umesh Upadhyaya.

"Experiences of the developing countries on democratic governance have been mixed. Cases of successes and failures are available. However, in several cases popular aspirations and needs are generally found to be unaddressed. As a result, social unrest and discontent simmer grow and burst onto open conflict. Problems are often seen and detected in structures, institutions, mechanism and process of governance. And attempts to address and correct them are ill conceived and half hearted.

This publication, as the previous one, is an attempt to discuss and add some value to the ongoing dialogue on peace, governance and constitution making. Those who have contributed articles for this volume are authorities in the field of public policy, governance and development.

This publication will prove to be an essential reading for those who have an interest in the issues relating to governance, constitution making and politics of inclusion."