Federalism and local governance: Exploring multilingualism in local decision-making in Nepal

Under the newly proclaimed federalist constitution, Nepal's local governments provide the most suitable public space for ordinary people with varying cultural and linguistic identities to exercise participatory local democracy. This paper seeks to empirically understand the extent to which Nepa...

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Published in:Regional & federal studies 2023-03, Vol.33 (2), p.187-207
Main Authors: Bhusal, Thaneshwar, Breen, Michael G.
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