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Neoliberalism, Privatizaton and Education in the Republic of Nepal

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The Communist Party of Nepal (CPN, Maoist) became the ruling party in Nepal in 2008 after 10 years of civil war and revolution (“Prachanda Path”) that ousted the monarchy and established a republic within a multi-party system.

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    Chandra Sharma Poudyal

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    Michael A. Peters

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Poudyal, C.S. (2013). Neoliberalism, Privatizaton and Education in the Republic of Nepal. In: Besley, T., Peters, M.A. (eds) Re-imagining the Creative University for the 21st Century. Creative Education Book Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-458-1_12

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