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5. Organisation of the bookThe Remake of a StateAt the very crucial phase of Nepali society and politics, we have comeup with this book The Remake of a State: Post-conflict Challenges andState Building in Nepal. This documents the eminent issues that are dailydebated in academic arena in the post-conflict Nepal. The chapters herenot only impart hope, but also warn of challenges ahead. Basically, bothconceptual and practical streams of chapters are included in this book.We presented the issues of and the challenges to state building in this veryfirst chapter. It has discussed the origin and causes of conflict in Nepal withsome theoretical foundations on national integrity and its implicationson state building process. In Chapter 2, Bishnu Raj Upreti has provided aconceptual framework for post-conflict state building. There he talks onpolicies, principles, practices and institutions, and their restructuring in theaftermath of conflict. The relationship between the private sector and statebuilding is explored in Chapter 3 by Sagar Raj Sharma. Claiming the nonstatesectors can have vital role in conflict transformation, Sharma detailson the economic side of post-conflict Nepal with a focus on partnershipfor development. Bharat Kumar Pokharel and Jane Carter discuss aboutthe chronic poverty and governance system in Nepal in Chapter 4. Takinginstance from the successful community forestry approach in Nepal, theyhave strongly argued in favour of a collective approach in reducing povertyand institutionalising good governance.Tourism is a boon for Nepal. The importance of sustainable tourismis eminent to flourish the post-conflict economy, argue Pranil KumarUpadhayaya and Sagar Raj Sharma in Chapter 5. The issues of propertyright and associated problems, the ways to address them in the upcomingconstitution and the transferring of state property to the communityin the post-conflict Nepal is discussed in Chapter 6 by Bharat KumarPokharel and Bimala Rai Paudyal. In Chapter 7, Bishnu Raj Upreti writesabout how physical infrastructures are targeted during civil wars andhow can and should they be reconstructed, with new sets up, for themeaningful development intervention. He argues that post-conflict peaceand stability can be achieved by getting right process of developmentand state building. Purna Bahadur Nepali and Kailash Nath Pyakuryal, inChapter 8, claim that land is, and has been, a vital issue since immemorial.It was also one of the root causes of decade long insurgency in Nepal.The post-conflict state building should properly address this, put forth theauthor duo.11