The Maoist insurgency in Nepal : revolution in the twenty-first century / edited by Mahendra Lawoti and Anup K. Pahari.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lawoti, Mahendra, 1965-

Pahari, Anup K.

Series:

Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 20.

Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism--Nepal.

Communism.

Nepal.

Insurgency--Nepal.

Insurgency.

Nepal--Politics and government--1990-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xviii, 354 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Contents:

Part I Introduction 1

1 Evolution and growth of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal / Mahendra Lawoti 3

Part II Agency, ideology, organization, and support 31

2 Recruiting rebels: indoctrination and political education in Nepal / Kristine Eck 33

3 Catchy melodies and clenched fists: performance as politics in Maoist cultural programs / Monica Mottin 52

4 The repertoire of scientific organization: ideology, identity and the Maoist Student Union / Amanda Snellinger 73

5 Between clientelistic dependency and liberal market economy: rural support for Maoist insurgency in Nepal / Madha V Joshi 92

Part III Revolutionary governance 113

6 Political change and cultural revolution in a Maoist Model Village, mid-western Nepal / Marie Lecomte-Tilounine 115

Part IV Ethnic dimension 133

7 Ethnic dimensions of the Maoist insurgencies: indigenous groups' participation and insurgency trajectories in Nepal, Peru, and India / Mahendra Lawoti 135

8 Maoist-Madhesi dynamics and Nepal's peace process / Pramod K. Kantha 156

Part V Military and state dimension 173

9 Military dimensions of the "People's War": insurgency and counter-insurgency in Nepal / Ashok K. Mehta, Mahendra Lawoti 175

10 Unequal rebellions: the continuum of "People's War" in Nepal and India / Anup K. Pahari 195

Part VI External dimension 217

11 External engagement in Nepal's armed conflict / Bishnu Raj Upreti 219

Part VII Identifying the causes 239

12 An assessment of the causes of conflict in Nepal / Bishwa Nath Tiwari 241

13 The Maoist insurgency and the political economy of violence / Avidit Acharya 263

Part VIII After the war 285

14 Bullets, ballots, and bounty: Maoist electoral victory in Nepal / Mahendra Lawoti 287

15 Violent conflict and change: costs and benefits of the Maoist rebellion in Nepal / Mahendra Lawoti, Anup K. Pahari 304.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415777179

0415777178

9780203869390

0203869397

OCLC:

317623440