Shifting Tides in South Asia: Bhutan’s Deferential Democracy

Shifting Tides in South Asia: Bhutan’s Deferential Democracy

The small eastern Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has in recent years moved, under royal guidance, from absolute monarchy to constitutionalism and a regime that might be called “top-down democracy.” But royal initiatives in favor of constitutional democracy have not been driven solely by selfless enligh...

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