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Author: Monalisa Adhikari<\/p>\n

Peace processes involve reforming or rewriting constitutions as a pathway to establishing an inclusive state, often with international constitutional assistance (ICA). Examining Nepal\u2019s post-conflict constitution-writing process, this article explores why ICA fails to deliver on inclusion. It argues that ICA\u2019s prioritisation of formal<\/i>\u00a0aspects \u2013 inclusive institutional design and participatory process \u2013 makes it unable to influence\u00a0informal<\/i>\u00a0politics through which elites informally subvert formal commitments on inclusive institutions in a bid to retain their power. This \u2018formal adoption-informal subversion<\/i>\u2019 of inclusion-related commitments by elites is enabled by elites adopting four strategies, namely neglect, overwrite, trade-off, and exploit of formal commitments.<\/p>\n

Published in the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding.<\/p>\n

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