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Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nepal

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Identities and Mobilization after 1990

Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nepal

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Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nepal book

Identities and Mobilization after 1990
Edited ByMahendra Lawoti, Susan Hangen
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2012
eBook Published 22 August 2012
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203118269
Pages 288
eBook ISBN 9780203118269
Subjects Area Studies, Politics & International Relations, Social Sciences
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Lawoti, M., & Hangen, S. (Eds.). (2012). Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nepal: Identities and Mobilization after 1990 (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203118269

ABSTRACT

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 consequences for Nepal.

From an interdisciplinary perspective, the book looks at the roots of mobilization and conflicts, the reasons for the increase in mobilization and violent activities, and the political and social effects of the movements. It provides a historical context for these movements and investigates how identities intersect with forms of political and economic inequality. Nepal’s various identity groups - Dalits, indigenous nationalities, Madhesis and Muslims - have mobilized to different extents. By examining these diverse movements within the same time period and within a unitary state, the book illuminates which factors are more salient for the mobilization of identity groups.

Bringing together empirical contributions on key issues in identity production in a comparative perspective, the book presents an interesting contribution to South Asian studies as well as studies of nationalism and identity more broadly.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |4 pages

SECTION 1 Contextualizing nationalism and ethnic conflict

chapter 1|30 pages

Introduction: nationalism and ethnic conflict in Nepal

BySUSAN HANGEN, MAHENDRA LAWOTI

chapter 2|23 pages

Ethnopolitics and ethnodevelopment: an emerging paradigm in Nepal – with a postscript

ByKRISHNA B. BHATTACHAN

chapter 3|25 pages

Nepali economic history through the ethnic lens: changing state alliances with business elites

ByMALLIKA SHAKYA

part |2 pages

SECTION 2 Identities and movements

chapter 4|17 pages

Problems of identity for Hill Dalits and Nepal’s nationalist project

BySTEVEN FOLMAR

chapter 5|19 pages

The National Muslim Forum Nepal: experiences of conflict, formations of identity

ByMEGAN ADAMSON SIJAPATI

chapter 6|24 pages

Boycotting Dasain: history, memory and ethnic politics in Nepal

BySUSAN HANGEN

chapter 7|28 pages

In pursuit of recognition: regionalism, Madhesi identity and the Madhes Andolan

ByBANDITA SIJAPATI

chapter 8|18 pages

Refusing to choose: the Muslim Madhesis and the coexistence of religious and regional identity in Nepal’s Tarai MOLLICA DASTIDER

Edited ByMahendra Lawoti, Susan Hangen

part |2 pages

SECTION 3 Trends of Nepal’s ethnic and nationalist movements and conflicts

chapter 9|33 pages

Dynamics of mobilization: varied trajectories of Dalit, indigenous nationalities and Madhesi movements

ByMAHENDRA LAWOTI

chapter 10|31 pages

Transforming ethnic politics, transforming the Nepali polity: from peaceful nationalist mobilization to the rise of armed separatist groups

ByMAHENDRA LAWOTI
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