Tag: political science

Mahatma Gandhi was a strong advocate of Gram Swaraj or Village self-rule. Gandhiji always remarked that India as a nation is formed of the village as units. According to this concept villages as a unit should be self-sufficient economically and financially and for this purpose, some autonomy should be given to the villages for their development which ultimately signifies the development of the nation as a whole.

Nepal won democracy in 1990. Although the King was formally remained the head of the country and the real power was enjoyed by the elected representative. King Birendra accepted this transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy.  He was killed in 2001. The next King Gyanendra was not prepared to accept democratic rule so he took advantage of the unpopularity of democratic government. In February 2005 he dismissed the Prime Minister and dissolved the elected Parliament. In 2006 people all over the country came together to pass the control from the king to the constitutional government. The movement of April 2006 in Nepal came to be known as Nepal's second movement for democracy.

Bolivia's government was pressurized by the World Bank to give up its control of municipal water supply. The government sold these rights for the city Cochabamba to a multinational company. The company immediately increased the price of water four times. Due to the high prices of water, Bolivia faced a popular protest. This protest was known as Bolivia's water war. This protest in Bolivia was led by the organization called FEDECOR. This organization comprised local professionals including engineers and environmentalist. They were supported by a federation of farmers, the confederation of factory workers, middle-class students from the University of Cochabamba and the city's growing population of homeless street children.

The movement for establishment of Democracy occurred in Nepal in 2006. King Gyanendra who did not want constitutional Monarchy over absolute monarchy led to the revolution of gaining popular control over the king. All major political parties went to strike and people came on street defying curfew. It resulted in establishment of constitutional monarch. Bolivia witnessed struggle against privatisation of water. The Bolivian Government sold the water right to a Multinational Company which raised the price of water many times. The people revolted against this and forced the official to give up water rights. Thus, the the foundation of country's politics is the element absent in these movements.

Nepal witnessed an extraordinary popular movement in April 2006. The movement was aimed at restoring democracy. Nepal, although won democracy in 1990.  King Birendra, who has accepted this transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy, was killed in a mysterious massacre of the royal family in 2001.

Bolivia is a poor country in Latin America. The World Bank pressurised the government to give up its control of municipal water supply. The government sold these rights for the city of Cochabamba to a multi-national company (MNC). The company immediately increased the price of water by four times. Many people received monthly water bill of Rs 1000 in a country where average income is around Rs 5000 a month. This led to a spontaneous popular protest

G. P. Koirala was a prominent politician and Prime Minister of Nepal, but he was never the King of Nepal. The others listed were monarchs.

Bolivia is a poor country in Latin America. Bolivia witnessed a popular struggle on Water privatization which came to known as Bolivia's Water War.

Bolivia is a poor country in Latin America. The World Bank pressurised the government to give up its control of municipal water supply. The government sold these rights for the city of Cochabamba to a multi-national company (MNC). The company immediately increased the price of water by four times. Many people received monthly water bill of Rs 1000 in a country where average income is around Rs 5000 a month. This led to a spontaneous popular protest.

Nepal witnessed an extraordinary popular movement in April 2006. The movement was aimed at restoring democracy.  King Gyanendra, the new king of Nepal, was not prepared to accept the democratic rule. He took advantage of the weakness and unpopularity of the democratically elected government. In February 2005, the king dismissed the then Prime Minister and dissolved the popularly elected Parliament. The movement of April 2006 was aimed at regaining popular control over the government from the King. All major political parties went to strike and people came on the street defying the curfew. It resulted in the establishment of Constitutional Monarch.