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Author:   Mahendra Lawoti (Western Michigan University, USA) ,  Anup Kumar Pahari
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9780415809948

ISBN 10:   0415809940
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   01 May 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Part 1: Introduction 1. Evolution and Growth of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal Mahendra Lawoti Part 2: Agency, Ideology, Organization and Support 2. Recruiting Rebels: Indoctrination and Political Education in Nepal Kristine Eck 3. Catchy Melodies and Clenched Fists: Performance as Politics in Maoist Cultural Programs Monica Mottin 4. The Repertoire of Scientific Organization: Ideology, Ideology and the Maoist Student Union Amanda Snellinger 5. Between Clientelistic Dependency and Liberal Market Economy: Rural Support for Maoist Insurgency in Nepal Madhav Joshi Part 3: Revolutionary Governance 6. Political Change and Cultural Revolution in a Maoist Model Village, Mid-Western Nepal Marie Lecomte-Tiouline Part 4: Ethnic Dimension 7. Ethnic Dimensions of the Maoist Insurgencies: Indigenous Groups' Participation and Insurgency Trajectories in Nepal, Peru and India Mahendra Lawoti 8. Maoist-Madhesi Dynamics and Nepal’s Peace Process Pramod Kantha Part 5: Military and State Dimension 9. Military Dimensions of the ""People’s War"": Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Nepal Ashok Kumar Mehta and Mahendra Lawoti 10. Unequal Rebellions: The Continuum of ""People’s War"" in Nepal and India Anup Pahari Part 6: External Dimension 11. External Engagement in Nepal’s Armed Conflict Bishnu Raj Upreti Part 7: Identifying the Causes 12. An Assessment of the Causes of Conflict in Nepal Bishwa Nath Tiwari 13. The Maoist Insurgency and the Political Economy of Violence Avidit Acharya Part 8: After the War 14. Bullets, Ballots, and Bounty: Maoist Electoral Victory in Nepal Mahendra Lawoti 15. Violent Conflict and Change: Costs and Benefits of the Maoist Rebellion in Nepal Mahendra Lawoti and Anup Pahari"

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Mahendra Lawoti is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Western Michigan University, president of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, and an Associate Fellow of Asia Society. He has published widely on Nepali politics, in particular democratic state building in Nepal. Anup Pahari received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has taught at Goucher College and Cathoic University. He has been an independent scholar/analyst since 1999, and he is currently is an independent consultant with the US State Department. He has contributed to books on the maoist insurgency and the Nepali conflict in English as well as in Nepali.

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