Unitary State Vs. Federal State InNepali Public’s Opinion
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 7
Abstract
This paper, based on longitudinal public opinion surveys conducted between September 2006 and April 2012, argues that though the majority of Nepali people still ignorant toward federalism, a significant number of the public prefer a federal form of governance in the country. This segment of the population transcends over those who prefer a unitary form of governance by a significant margin. In addition to it, the public‟s support toward federalism is growing while the support toward unitary system is diminishing. The surveys also reveal that the public‟s support for the federal state is larger than that for the unitary state in all ethnic groups. This paper also investigates the underlying relationship among public opinions on different state restructuring issues, and establishes that the public‟s support toward one new feature of the state considerably agrees with another new feature of the state, and vice-versa. The factor analyses confirm that the people who support a new structure of the state with regard to one issue also support a new structure with regard to another one. Supporters of republicanism, secularism, federalism and multilingualism form one group of people while those of monarchism, Hindu state, unitary state and mono-lingualism belong to another.Since Nepal is linguistically and ethnically diverse, the federal governing system is justified. This system stimulates to recognize the identity of all groups: both privileged and under-privileged. Despite the debate among the political parties on the type of federalism, there is a consensus among them about ending the political and cultural domination of the Hindu high caste hill group, and erecting new Nepali identity based on inclusion, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Nepal cannot turn away from new structures of the state based on multi-cultural values because the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly has already declared the country a federal democratic republic in May 2008, which is formalized by the new constitution in September 2015.
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Pawan Kumar Sen
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