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022			_a0973-1741
022			_a0973-1733 (Online)
024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.1177/0973174119849776
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041			_aeng
100	1		_aDRUCZA, K.L. _95024 _8I1707129 _gSocioeconomics Program
245	1	0	_aNepal’s social security reforms, state-building and the role of trade unions
260			_aIndia : _bSage Publications, _c2019.
500			_aPeer review
520			_aTrade unions play an important role in Nepal’s post-conflict economic development, but their influence is under-studied. Using a qualitative case study, this article examines the negotiations surrounding the development of Nepal’s Labour Law and Social Security Act. The evidence highlights the difficulty of bedding down a new welfare regime for workers in a country that does not have a strong, established, state-run welfare system and lacks robust government institutions. The article provides insights into the function of trade unions and other political entrepreneurs and their role in reforms. While unions know the ‘rules of the game’, they serve their paying member base in a stringent, democratic manner. They need little assistance from donors, as they understand how to play the game in a more astute manner than other groups excluded from traditional power. This does not mean that the trade union movement is a threat to building an inclusive state or that it aims for elite capture. Instead, it reveals how the power captured by the traditional upper caste is being slowly diffused. The negotiation strategies presented in the article are relevant for development partners engaging in welfare-related reforms in post-conflict and clientelistic states.
546			_aText in English
591			_aDRUCZA, K.L. : No CIMMYT Affiliation
650		7	_2AGROVOC _96496 _aSocial security
650		7	_2AGROVOC _914982 _aSocial protection
650		7	_2AGROVOC _916248 _aTrade unions
650		7	_2AGROVOC _916249 _aLabour legislation
650		7	_2AGROVOC _916250 _aPost-conflict settings
773	0		_tJournal of South Asian Development _gv. 14, no. 1, p. 62-82 _dIndia : Sage Publications, 2019. _x0973-1741
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