General Information

Language

English.

Published

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Physical Description

xvii, 265 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Lawoti, Mahendra, 1965-

Hangen, Susan.

Subjects

Subject

Minorities > Political activity > Nepal.

Indigenous peoples > Nepal > Politics and government.

Group identity > Nepal.

Nationalism > Nepal.

Nepal > Politics and government > 1990-

Nepal > Ethnic relations > Political aspects.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

edited by Mahendra Lawoti and Susan Hangen.

Series

Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 58

Content

Part 1. Contextualizing nationalism and ethnic conflict: Introduction: nationalism and ethnic politics in Nepal / Susan Hangen and Mahendra Lawoti; Ethnopolitics and ethnodevelopment / Krishna Bhattachan; Nepali economic history through the ethnic lens / Mallika Shakya -- Part 2. Identities and movements: problems of identity for Dalits in Nepal's nationalist project / Steven Folmar; Boycotting Dasain: history, memory and ethnic politics in Nepal / Susan Hangen; The National Muslim Forum Nepal: experiences of conflict, formations of identity / Megan Adamson Sijapati; In pursuit of recognition: regionalism, Madhesi identity and the Madhes Andolan / Bandita Sijapati; Refusing to choose: the Muslim Madhesis and the coexistence of religious and regional identity in Nepal's Tarai / Mollica Dastider -- Part 3. Trends of Nepal's ethnic and nationalist movements and conflicts: dynamics of mobilization: trajectories of Dalit, indigenous nationalities and Madhesi movements / Mahendra Lawoti; Transforming ethnic politics, transforming the Nepali polity: from peaceful nationalist mobilization to the rise of armed separatist groups / Mahendra Lawoti.

ISBN

9780415780971

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	305.80095496 LAW		OSA Repository	-

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