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This book is on the political socialization of women in Nepal which is a prerequisite for understanding the actual role, status, and participation of women in politics.

Building Political Culture in Nepal looks critically at various crucial aspects of the political culture of Nepal on the basis of Nepals geography, economy, social hierarchy, ethnic groups, religion, and gender. It investigates their access, barrier, quality trend dimensions, and reviews political culture during different historical periods of Nepal. The book identifies the essential cultural and attitudinal bases for a workable democracy. An attempt has been made to uncover deep-seated, long-held value characteristics of Nepali society and the political system that provides a thematic outline to the book. This book is on the political socialization of women in Nepal which is a prerequisite for understanding the actual role, status, and participation of women in politics. This gook gives readers a powerful way to understand that women like their counterparts are capable of rational behaviour.

This book gives readers a powerful way to understand that women like their counterparts are capable of rational behaviour. But their inherent rationality, however has not been nurtured by an appropriate education, training and socialization. These are the questions that are set out to answer in this special issue along with suggesting the ways how women could be trained and developed, so that they become well functioning members of the political processes in the nation.