Compare the popular struggles of Nepal and Bolivia.
Solution
In Nepal the popular struggle arose in order to restore democracy while in Bolivia the popular struggle rose for the privatisation of water. The popular struggles of Nepal and Bolivia have few similarities and differences. The similarities are as follows :
(1) In both cases the political conflict led to the popular struggles.
(2) Both the cases involved mass mobilization.
(3) Both involved the critical role of political organizations like the Seven Party Alliance of Nepal.
The differences are as follows :
1.Nepal was struggling to establish democracy while in Bolivia the struggle involved claims on the elected government.
2.In Bolivia struggle was about one specific policy, while struggle in Nepal was about the foundations of the country’s politics.
