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Author Lawoti, Mahendra

Title Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (289 pages)
Series Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Routledge contemporary South Asia series.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; SECTION 1 Contextualizing nationalism and ethnic conflict; 1 Introduction: nationalism and ethnic conflict 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; SECTION 2 Identities and movements; 4 Problems of identity for Hill Dalits and Nepal's nationalist project
5 The National Muslim Forum Nepal: experiences of conflict, formations of identity6 Boycotting Dasain: history, memory and ethnic politics in Nepal; 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; SECTION 3 Trends of Nepal's ethnic and nationalist movements and conflicts; 9 Dynamics of mobilization: varied trajectories of Dalit, Indigenous nationalities and Madhesi movements
Summary 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
Notes Print version record
Subject Minorities -- Political activity -- Nepal
Indigenous peoples -- Nepal -- Politics and government
Group identity -- Nepal
Nationalism -- Nepal
Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.
Group identity.
Indigenous peoples -- Politics and government.
Minorities -- Political activity.
Nationalism.
Politics and government.
SUBJECT Nepal -- Politics and government -- 1990- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95007147
Nepal -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects
Subject Nepal.
Form Electronic book
Author Hangen, Susan I
ISBN 9781136308734
1136308733