Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction: Life and Writings of L.S. Baral 1
Pratyoush Onta and Lokranjan Parajuli, eds
PART I
1 The 1959 Constitution of Nepal 55
2 Nepal’s Apprenticeship in Democracy 1951–1960 91
3 King Mahendra’s Coup of December 1960: Its 123
4 Shifting Elite Loyalties: The Non-Congress Leaders Implications in Nepal 161
5 The New Order in Nepal under King Mahendra, 1960–1962: An Assessment 179
6 The First Panchayat Elections in Nepal, 1962–1963: The Emergence of a New Political Generation 233
7 “Class Organizations” in Nepal: Social Control and Interest Articulation 251
8 Opposition Groups in Nepal, 1960–1970 285
9 The Nepali Ministerial Elite since 1960: Change and Continuity of the Political Elite 339
10 The Changing Constitutional and Political System of Nepal 349
PART II
11 Nepal and Non-Alignment 405
12 Nepal’s Foreign Policy, 1960–1972: Some Basic Ingredients 425
13 India and Nepal 443