Bhutan Learns to Vote
Bhutan,
the tiny Himalayan kingdom sandwiched between Nepal,
India and China, is off on a new adventure. Dragon
King Jigme Singye Wangchuk, who abdicated from the throne in December after 37
years in power, wants to incorporate democracy into gross national happiness,
the measure of prosperity he invented in the 1980s for his isolated country.
After centuries…
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