ABSTRACT Two significant institutional developments occurred in the aftermath of the major earthquakes that struck Nepal in 2015: a new national constitution was drafted and promulgated and a National Reconstruction Authority was established. The constitution had been promised for over seven years, and was now completed within just over three months, while it took seven months for a Bill establishing the NRA to be passed in parliament. Many commentators have posited a direct causal relationship between the earthquake and the ‘fast-tracking’ of what was in certain respects a contentious constitution. Drawing upon conversations and interviews conducted in Nepal over the winter of 2017–18 and a close reading of media discourse and political analysis from 2015, this article will examine and assess the extent of this supposed causality. Given that the most radical and contentious change ushered in by the new constitution was the introduction of a federal structure for the state, particular attention will be paid to the evolution of the debate on this issue.

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在尘埃落定之前：尼泊尔2015年的定居点是否具有震撼力的宪法？

摘要在2015年袭击尼泊尔的大地震之后，发生了两项重大的机构发展：起草并颁布了新的国家宪法，并成立了国家重建局。宪法已经被承诺了七年多的时间，现在已经在三个多月内完成，而建立NRA的法案在议会中通过则花费了七个月的时间。许多评论家认为，地震与某些方面有争议的宪法的“快速追踪”之间存在直接的因果关系。借鉴2017-18冬季冬季在尼泊尔进行的对话和访谈，并仔细阅读2015年以来的媒体话语和政治分析，本文将研究并评估这种假定的因果关系的程度。