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Flashcards by Vaishnavi Gadage, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Vaishnavi Gadage
almost 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| NEPAL | nepal...'third wave' country won democracy in ...1990 |
| KING BIRENDRA | accepted transition frm complete monarchy to constitutional democracy... killed in mysterious massacre of royal family in 2006.. |
| KING GYANENDRA | refused to accept the democratic rule... in feb 2005, dismissed the PM.. dissolvd the populalrly electd parliamnt... |
| POPULAR MOVMNT... APRIL 2006 | peopl demanded regain of cntrl ovr the govt..frm king |
| SPA... 4 DAY STRIKE... | SEVEN PARTY ALLIANCE.. [major parties] strike at the country's capital... KATHMANDU |
| MAOIST.. OTHER ORGANISATIONS JOINED HANDS... | MAOIST...followers of MAO, leader of CHINESE revolution |
| NO. OF PROTESTERS... | mre thn 1 lakh per day.. APRIL 21... reachd 3 and 5 lakhs |
| PEOPLE STUCK TO THEIR DEMANDS... | restoration of PARLIAMENT... an ALL-PARTY GOVT. new CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY... |
| APRIL 24 ,2006... | LAST DAY of the ultimatum... king forced to concede all 3 demands... |
| GIRIJA PRASAD KOIRALA... | SPA chose him as PM of new GOVT... |
| RESTORED PARLIAMENT... | passed laws.. MAOIST and SPA came to an agreement on how the new constituent assembly would b elected... |
| BOLIVIA.. | POOR COUNTRY...LATIN AMERICA |
| WORLD BANK... | pressurised the govt to give up it's contrl over muncipal water supply... |
| BOLIVIAN GOVT... | sold it's rights for city..COCHABAMBA..to a MNC |
| MNC INCREASED PRICES... | prices increased by 4 TIMES... WATER BILL..RS.1000...where avg income...RS.5000 per month |
| 3 STRIKES..2000, JAN FEB APRIL | NEW ALLIANCE.. LABOUR..HUMAN RIGHTS..COMMUNITY LEADERS. |
| JAN,2000 | alliance..sucessful 4 day strike...govt agreed to negotiate..calld off strike.. yet nothing happened... |
| FEB,2000 | police resorted to the brutal repression of people... |
| APRIL,2000 | another strike by people... govt imposd martial law... |
| POWER OF PEOPL | FORCED OFFICIALS OF MNC TO FLED AWAY... made govt to concede all the demands.. contract was cancelled with MNC...water supply was restored to municipality at older rates |
| {differences} NEPAL MOVEMENT: *against foundations of country's politics.. *for establishing a democratic govt... | {differences} BOLIVIA STRUGGLE: *ONE issue.. *claimed on elected democratic govt.. |
| SIMILARITIES... | *instances of political conflict,led by popular struggles.. *MASS mobilisation..public demonstration of mass support.. *both instances involve critical role of political organisation... |
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