The Maoist Insurgency in Nepal (eBook, PDF)

Revolution in the Twenty-first Century
Redaktion: Lawoti, Mahendra; Pahari, Anup Kumar

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Produktbeschreibung

The book deals with the dynamics and growth of a violent 21st century communist rebellion initiated by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), explaining the different causes, factors that contributed to its growth, strategies employed by the rebels and the state, and the consequences of the insurgency.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135261689
• Artikelnr.: 43822399

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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