Maoist insurgency in Nepal

Lawoti, Mahendra [u.a.] (Hrsg.):
The Maoist insurgency in Nepal : revolution in the twenty-first century / ed. by Mahendra Lawoti and Anup K. Pahari. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2010. - xviii, 354 S. : Ill., Kt. - (Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 20)
ISBN 978-0-415-77717-9 / 0-415-77717-8 (Hardback)
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Beschreibung
The book deals with the dynamics and growth of a violent 21st century communist rebellion initiated in Nepal by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) – CPN(M). It contextualizes and explains why and how a violent Maoist insurgency grew in Nepal after the end of the Cold War, in contrast to the decline of other radical communist movements in most parts of the world.
   Scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds employ a wide variety of approaches and methods to unravel different aspects of the rebellion. Individual chapters analyze the different causes of the insurgency, factors that contributed to its growth, the organization, agency, ideology and strategies employed by the rebels and the state, and the consequences of the insurgency.
   New issues are analysed in conjunction with the insurgency, such as the role of the Maoist student organization, Maoist's cultural troupes, the organization and strategies of the People's Army and the Royal Nepal Army, indoctrination and recruitment of rebels, and international factors. Based on original field work and a thorough analysis of empirical data, this book fills an existing gap in academic analyses of the insurgency in Nepal. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
List of Illustrations. xii
Acknowledgements. xiv
List of abbreviations. xvi
PART 1: INTRODUCTION
1. Mahendra Lawoti: Evolution and Growth of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal. 3
PART 2: AGENCY, IDEOLOGY, ORGANIZATION AND SUPPORT
2. Kristine Eck: Recruiting Rebels: Indoctrination and Political Education in Nepal. 33
3. Monica Mottin: Catchy Melodies and Clenched Fists: Performance as Politics in Maoist Cultural Programs. 52
4. Amanda Snellinger: The Repertoire of Scientific Organization: Ideology, Ideology and the Maoist Student Union. 73
5. Madhav Joshi: Between Clientelistic Dependency and Liberal Market Economy: Rural Support for Maoist Insurgency in Nepal. 92
PART 3: REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNANCE
6. Marie Lecomte-Tilouine: Political Change and Cultural Revolution in a Maoist Model Village, Mid-Western Nepal. 115
PART 4: ETHNIC DIMENSION
7. Mahendra Lawoti: Ethnic Dimensions of the Maoist Insurgencies: Indigenous Groups' Participation and Insurgency Trajectories in Nepal, Peru and India. 135
8. Pramod Kantha: Maoist-Madhesi Dynamics and Nepal’s Peace Process. 156
PART 5: MILITARY AND STATE DIMENSION
9. Ashok Kumar Mehta and Mahendra Lawoti: Military Dimensions of the "People’s War": Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Nepal. 175
10. Anup Pahari: Unequal Rebellions: The Continuum of "People’s War" in Nepal and India. 195
PART 6: EXTERNAL DIMENSION
11. Raj Upreti: External Engagement in Nepal’s Armed Conflict Bishnu. 219
PART 7: IDENTIFYING THE CAUSES
12. Bishwa Nath Tiwari: An Assessment of the Causes of Conflict in Nepal. 241
13. Avidit Acharya: The Maoist Insurgency and the Political Economy of Violence. 263
PART 8: AFTER THE WAR
14. Mahendra Lawoti: Bullets, Ballots, and Bounty: Maoist Electoral Victory in Nepal. 287
15. Mahendra Lawoti and Anup Pahari: Violent Conflict and Change: Costs and Benefits of the Maoist Rebellion in Nepal. 304
Annex A: 40-point Maoist demand, February 1996. 327
Annex B: Nepal Maoist insurgency timeline. 328
Index. 343

Herausgeber
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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