Title: Governance and citizenship from below : views of poor and excluded groups and their vision for a new Nepal

Authors: Jones, Nicola and Bhatta, Binod

Place: London

Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI)

Year: 2009

Journal: Working paper / Overseas development bank

Volume: 301

PAGE: --

Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: poverty, governance, civil and political rights, citizenship, popular participation, discrimination, nepal

Abstract: How do poor Nepali women and men understand and practise citizenship? What barriers do they face? Such questions are addressed, focusing on women’s and men’s grassroots experiences and understandings of governance and citizenship, and the implications for state building in post-conflict Nepal.

URL: http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/download/3289.pdf

Document type: Portal