Overview

After the restoration of democracy in 1990, Nepal witnessed collective political struggles-identity and gender movements, public protests and strikes, and the Maoist rebellion. This volume examines the causes, consequences and effectiveness of such contentious politics, and their relationship to democratization. Contradicting the popular thesis that contentious politics generally promotes democratization, this topical book shows that some forms of contentious politics can hinder it, even as other forms strengthen democracy. It also suggests that the nature of activities-whether they are coercive or voluntary-lead to different effects on democratization. A timely addition to the literature on contentious politics, democratization, and Nepal, it will be of interest to scholars studying democratic politics, as well as practitioners engaged in nurturing development in fledgling democracies.

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Author:   Mahendra Lawoti
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780761936015

ISBN 10:   0761936017
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   18 September 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
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Table of Contents

Preface PART ONE: CONTEXT AND FRAMEWORK Contentious Politics in Democratizing Nepal - Mahendra Lawoti Democracy, Domination and Exclusionary Constitutional Engineering Process in Nepal, 1990 - Mahendra Lawoti PART TWO: THE MAOIST INSURGENCY Committed Insurgents, Divided State and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal - Shisir Khanal Women and Children Last - Mary Crawford, Michelle R. Kaufman, and Alka Gurung The Effects of the Maoist Insurgency on Gender-Based Violence The Evolution of the Maoist Revolution in Nepal in an Adverse International Environment - Li Onesto The Web in the Shadows/Chaayaamaa Maakuraako Jaalo - Ivan Gyozo Somlai Anatomy of Stakeholder Influences in an Insurgency PART THREE: IDENTITY POLITICS Between Political Party and Social Movement - Susan Hangen The Mongol National Organization and Democratization in Rural East Nepal Ethnic Nationalism in Nepal and the Newars - Bal Gopal Shrestha The Spread of Theravadin Vihar Buddhism among Newars in the Kathmandu Valley - Keshav Lall Maharjan PART FOUR: COLLECTIVE PUBLIC PROTESTS Illiberal Democracy and the Problem of Law - Genevieve Lakier Street Protest and Democratization in Multiparty Nepal Student Movements in Nepal - Amanda Snellinger Their Parameters and their Idealized Forms PART FIVE: CONTENTIOUS POLITICS AND DEMOCRATIZATION A 'Chaos' Ecology - Anne Rademacher Democratization and Urban Environmental Decline in Kathmandu Democratization Promoting and Democratization Hindering Contentious Politics - Mahendra Lawoti Lessons from Nepal Index

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We learn a great deal about the state of democratization in Nepal from this volume and also learn about the implications it will have for Nepal’s liberal democratic state…The contributions to this volume are carefully chosen, and the interconnections are nicely spelt out...Lawoti’s contribution breaks new ground…he teases out casual relationships between protest and democracy for a country not well understood and largely ignored in theoretical literature…I strongly recommend this volume to all interested in comparative politics and South Asia. Mahendra Lawoti provided valuable insights in a set of extraordinary events that have come to pass in that country while debating democratic consolidation and failures. -- Pacific Affairs The book presents a balanced view of the role of various political parties and movements in contemporary Nepal. -- Freedom First

We learn a great deal about the state of democratization in Nepal from this volume and also learn about the implications it will have for Nepal's liberal democratic state...The contributions to this volume are carefully chosen, and the interconnections are nicely spelt out...Lawoti's contribution breaks new ground...he teases out casual relationships between protest and democracy for a country not well understood and largely ignored in theoretical literature...I strongly recommend this volume to all interested in comparative politics and South Asia. Mahendra Lawoti provided valuable insights in a set of extraordinary events that have come to pass in that country while debating democratic consolidation and failures. -- Pacific Affairs The book presents a balanced view of the role of various political parties and movements in contemporary Nepal. -- Freedom First

Author Information

Mahendra Lawoti, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. He is the author of Towards a Democratic Nepal: Inclusive Political Institutions for a Multicultural Society (Sage Publications, 2005, third reprint 2006, Nepali translation 2007), Samabesi Sambidhan Sabha ra Rajyako Punarsamrachan (Inclusive Constituent Assembly and Restructuring of the State) (NISP, 2007), Looking Back, Looking Forward: Centralization, Multiple Conflicts and Democratic State Building in Nepal (Fortcoming, Washington: East West Center) and many articles and book chapters. He is currently revising his dissertation into a book to be titled Exclusion in New Democracies: Nepal in a Comparative Perspective. Professor Lawoti is the President of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies and Non- Resident Associate Fellow of the New York-headquartered Asia Society. His teaching and research interests cover international development, democratization and political institutions, constitutionalism, ethnic politics, social movements and insurgencies, and South Asian politics.

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