“Back to the Village National Campaign”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

As part of the program which was originally known as "Go to Village" National Campaign, civil servants and students from the cities were sent to live in rural communities and participate in development work and serve as teachers in village schools. Back to the Village was one of the major initiatives of king Mahendra who ruled the country from 1955 to 1972.^[2]

In 1975, an amendment to the constitution turned the Back to the Village institution into a system for holding indirect elections. Its purpose became to select and endorse candidates for political office. The system was scrapped and direct elections introduced by another amendment in 1980.^[3] ^[4]

The Panchayat system itself collapsed in 1990 following popular protests, and parliamentary democracy was established in Nepal.^[5]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url= http://countrystudies.us/nepal/60.htm|title=The Panchayat System|author= |date= |work= |publisher= U.S. Library of Congress|accessdate=24 January 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=3400|title= Back to the Village Dreams|last1= Shroff|first1= Satis|last2= |first2= |date= January 7, 2007|work= |publisher= |accessdate=January 25, 2013}}
3. ^{{cite web |url= http://countrystudies.us/nepal/60.htm|title=The Panchayat System|author= |date= |work= |publisher= U.S. Library of Congress|accessdate=24 January 2013}}
4. ^{{cite book |last1= Federico|first1= Veronica|last2= Fusaro|first2=Carlo |title= Constitutionalism and democratic transitions|url= |year= 2006|publisher= Firenze University Press|location= |isbn=978-88-8453-401-9|page= 182|pages=}}
5. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.usip.org/publications/commission-inquiry-nepal-90|title=Commission of Inquiry: Nepal 90|author= |date= |work= |publisher= United States Institute of Peace|accessdate=25 January 2013}}