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Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nepal: Identities and Mobilization after 1990 book cover

1st Edition

Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nepal Identities and Mobilization after 1990

Edited By Mahendra Lawoti, Susan Hangen Copyright 2013
288 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Identity movements, based on ethnicity, caste, language, religion and regional identity, have become increasingly significant in Nepal, reshaping debates on the definition of the nation, nationalism and the structure of the state. This book analyzes the rapid rise in ethnic and nationalist mobilization and conflict since 1990, the dynamics and trajectories of these movements, and their... Read more
Part 1: Contextualizing Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict 1. Introduction: Nationalism and Ethnic Politics in Nepal 2. Ethnopolitics and Ethnodevelopment: An Emerging Paradigm in Nepal – with a Postscript 3. Nepali Economic History through the Ethnic Lens: Changing State Alliances with Business Elites Part 2: Identities and Movements 4. Problems of Identity for Dalits in Nepal’s Nationalist Project 5. Boycotting Dasain: History, Memory and Ethnic Politics in Nepal 6. The National Muslim Forum Nepal: Experiences of Conflict, Formations of Identity 7. In Pursuit of Recognition: Regionalism, Madhesi Identity and the Madhes Andolan 8. Refusing to Choose: The Muslim Madhesis and the Coexistence of Religious and Regional Identity in Nepal’s Tarai Part 3: Trends of Nepal’s Ethnic and Nationalist Movements and Conflicts 9. Dynamics of Mobilization: Trajectories of Dalit, Indigenous Nationalities and Madhesi Movements 10. Transforming Ethnic Politics, Transforming the Nepali Polity: From peaceful nationalist mobilization to the rise of armed separatist groups 

Biography

Mahendra Lawoti is Professor of Political Science at Western Michigan University, Associate Fellow at Asia Society, USA and a columnist at The Kathmandu Post. His research interests are democratization and ethnic politics in Nepal and South Asia, and he has published widely in these areas.

Susan Hangen is Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Studies at Ramapo College, USA. Her current research investigates transnational politics in the Nepali diaspora.

"Lawoti and Hangen, along with all of the contributing authors to this volume, must be applauded for producing the first, in what one hopes will be a long line of portraits of the changing dynamics of what it means to be Nepali in post-insurgency Nepal." - Andrew Nelson, University of North Texas, Asian Highlands Perspectives.

 

 

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