1st Edition

The Maoist Insurgency in Nepal Revolution in the Twenty-first Century

Edited By Mahendra Lawoti, Anup Kumar Pahari Copyright 2010
376 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

374 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

374 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The book deals with the dynamics and growth of a violent 21st century communist rebellion initiated in Nepal by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) – CPN(M). It contextualizes and explains why and how a violent Maoist insurgency grew in Nepal after the end of the Cold War, in contrast to the decline of other radical communist movements in most parts of the world. Scholars from diverse... Read more

Part 1: Introduction  1. Evolution and Growth of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal Mahendra Lawoti  Part 2: Agency, Ideology, Organization and Support  2. Recruiting Rebels: Indoctrination and Political Education in Nepal Kristine Eck  3. Catchy Melodies and Clenched Fists: Performance as Politics in Maoist Cultural Programs Monica Mottin  4. The Repertoire of Scientific Organization: Ideology, Ideology and the Maoist Student Union Amanda Snellinger  5. Between Clientelistic Dependency and Liberal Market Economy: Rural Support for Maoist Insurgency in Nepal Madhav Joshi  Part 3: Revolutionary Governance  6. Political Change and Cultural Revolution in a Maoist Model Village, Mid-Western Nepal Marie Lecomte-Tiouline  Part 4: Ethnic Dimension  7. Ethnic Dimensions of the Maoist Insurgencies: Indigenous Groups' Participation and Insurgency Trajectories in Nepal, Peru and India Mahendra Lawoti  8. Maoist-Madhesi Dynamics and Nepal’s Peace Process Pramod Kantha  Part 5: Military and State Dimension  9. Military Dimensions of the "People’s War": Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Nepal Ashok Kumar Mehta and Mahendra Lawoti  10. Unequal Rebellions: The Continuum of "People’s War" in Nepal and India Anup Pahari  Part 6: External Dimension  11. External Engagement in Nepal’s Armed Conflict Bishnu Raj Upreti  Part 7: Identifying the Causes  12. An Assessment of the Causes of Conflict in Nepal Bishwa Nath Tiwari  13. The Maoist Insurgency and the Political Economy of Violence Avidit Acharya  Part 8: After the War  14. Bullets, Ballots, and Bounty: Maoist Electoral Victory in Nepal Mahendra Lawoti  15. Violent Conflict and Change: Costs and Benefits of the Maoist Rebellion in Nepal Mahendra Lawoti and Anup Pahari

Biography

Mahendra Lawoti is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Western Michigan University, president of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, and an Associate Fellow of Asia Society. He has published widely on Nepali politics, in particular democratic state building in Nepal.

Anup Pahari received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has taught at Goucher College and Cathoic University.  He has been an independent scholar/analyst since 1999, and he is currently is an independent consultant with the US State Department.  He has contributed to books on the maoist insurgency and the Nepali conflict in English as well as in Nepali.