Tibetan Elections in Exile: From Theocratic Monarchy to a Developing Exile Democracy, 1959-2009
Abstract
This thesis examines the nature of the Tibetan exile polity and its gradual transition
from a theocratic monarchy to a fledgling democracy based on elections. It describes
the formation of the exile community along with the roots and democratic maturation
of the Tibetan government-in-exile (the Central Tibetan Administration), with particular
attention to the role of elections. It also discusses the emergence of new voices
in Tibetan exile civil society and the conflict between those new voices and traditional
forms of authority. Finally, it concludes with a discussion of further democratic
reforms in the 1990s that paved the way for democratic growth in the new millennium.
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Honors thesis, Winner of the 2009 Durden Prize for Honors Theses
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Lehman, Sophie (2009). Tibetan Elections in Exile: From Theocratic Monarchy to a Developing Exile Democracy,
1959-2009. Honors thesis, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/1691.Collections
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