Nationalism and ethnic conflict in Nepal : identities and mobilization after 1990 /
edited by Mahendra Lawoti and Susan Hangen.
- London : Routledge, 2013.
- xvii, 265 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 58. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780415780971 (hbk.) RM441.49
Minorities--Political activity--Nepal. Indigenous peoples--Politics and government.--Nepal Group identity--Nepal. Nationalism--Nepal.
Nepal--Politics and government--1990- Nepal--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.