Democracy, Competition and Choice

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`The product of five year's labour, this short volume, written by a Danish field-worker who has considerable knowledge in development economies, contains a wealth of fascinating material charting the manifold ways in which the government and educated elite of Nepal have understood the origins, growth and development as well as recent remodelling of local governments at the district and village levels. In eleven thematically defined and logically connected chapters, the book reviews the historical origins of local authority and then assesses the present status of regional authorities within the Himalayan kingdom's unitary system.... This book is a significant addition to the very lively topic of the decentralisation process, and authors as well as fieldworkers will certainly derive immense benefit from it.' - Asian Affairs