Administrative System in Bhutan: Retrospect and Prospect
Rizal, Dhurba
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Book ID : 12279
ISBN-10 : 81-87392-28-2 / 8187392282
ISBN-13 : 978-81-87392-28-6 / 9788187392286
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2002
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
xxii, 285p., App., Bib., Tables, Figs., Index, 23 cm.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
This book analysis the different dimensions of Bhutanese administration in the backdrop of internal and external forces, which tend to shape, reshape and remold the traditional system. It has portrays the transition of Bhutanese system from the period of Shabdrung Thurchen Nawang Namgyal to the present context. It has vividly uncover and unford the highly decentralize adminstrative system of Shabdrung, the centerlized system under first two Kings, mondernization of the system by the third Kind and subsequent reintroduction of absolute anachronism and theocratic fascism by the present King. This is the first book which has delves into various aspects of Bhutanese administration in comprehensive manner. It can be an eye opener to laymen, experts, biased academicians, donors and other professionals to have the true glimpse of the hermit Kingdom, ruled by absolute King.