Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaContemporary civil society in Nepal
In recent years, civil society has become the darling of economists, political scientists and policy makers both in the Western and non-Western world. The discourse on the modern concept of civil society in Nepal is fairly new despite the age-old existence of civic practices. But those civic practic...
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| author | Bhatta, C. D. |
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| description | In recent years, civil society has become the darling of economists, political scientists and policy makers both in the Western and non-Western world. The discourse on the modern concept of civil society in Nepal is fairly new despite the age-old existence of civic practices. But those civic practices of civil society were of a different kind, endowed with different responsibilities, and can hardly be equated with the current notion of civil society. That was a civil society with a limited civic sphere, engaged in indigenous activities which contributed little towards citizenship building. The reason for this was that the civic space was either pre-determined or restricted by the state due to a primitive political structure based on parochial thinking. This might be one of the reasons why civic resurgence did not emerge until political change irrupted in the nineties. The Third Wave of democratization that swept away undemocratic regimes worldwide in fact led to a worldwide growth of civil society. In most cases the wave itself was the repercussion of a worldwide civic resurrection that could not be contained within the borders of nation-states. (...) |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO141802022-03-11T13:52:42Z Contemporary civil society in Nepal Bhatta, C. D. Citizenship Ciudadanía Civil society Democratización Democratization NGOs - Non Governmental Organizations Organizaciones no gubernamentales Sociedad civil In recent years, civil society has become the darling of economists, political scientists and policy makers both in the Western and non-Western world. The discourse on the modern concept of civil society in Nepal is fairly new despite the age-old existence of civic practices. But those civic practices of civil society were of a different kind, endowed with different responsibilities, and can hardly be equated with the current notion of civil society. That was a civil society with a limited civic sphere, engaged in indigenous activities which contributed little towards citizenship building. The reason for this was that the civic space was either pre-determined or restricted by the state due to a primitive political structure based on parochial thinking. This might be one of the reasons why civic resurgence did not emerge until political change irrupted in the nineties. The Third Wave of democratization that swept away undemocratic regimes worldwide in fact led to a worldwide growth of civil society. In most cases the wave itself was the repercussion of a worldwide civic resurrection that could not be contained within the borders of nation-states. (...) 2021-11-11T16:57:59Z 2021-11-11T16:57:59Z 2008 Doc. de trabajo / Informes 978-987-1183-88-3 https://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/14180 13 p. application/pdf APISA CLACSO CODESRIA |
| spellingShingle | Citizenship Ciudadanía Civil society Democratización Democratization NGOs - Non Governmental Organizations Organizaciones no gubernamentales Sociedad civil Bhatta, C. D. Contemporary civil society in Nepal |
| title | Contemporary civil society in Nepal |
| title_full | Contemporary civil society in Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Contemporary civil society in Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contemporary civil society in Nepal |
| title_short | Contemporary civil society in Nepal |
| title_sort | contemporary civil society in nepal |
| topic | Citizenship Ciudadanía Civil society Democratización Democratization NGOs - Non Governmental Organizations Organizaciones no gubernamentales Sociedad civil |
| url | https://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/14180 |