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Local Democracy in South Asia: Microprocesses of Democratization in Nepal and its Neighbours by David N. Gellner you how to select theThis volume, the first in a new series on governance, conflict, and civic action in South Asia, focuses on the larger countries of South Asia Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and especially Nepal. The 15 essays in this volume analyze democracy both as a process and as a value. The essays also examine in ethnographic detail the way in which democracy is actually experienced in South Asia, ranging far beyond conventional political structures to