Contentious Politics and Democratization in Nepal/edited by Mahendra
Lawoti. New Delhi, Sage Pub., 2007, 348 p., tables, figs.,
ISBN 81-7829-764-4.
Contentious Politics and Democratization in Nepal/edited by Mahendra
Lawoti. New Delhi, Sage Pub., 2007, 348 p., tables, figs.,
ISBN 81-7829-764-4.
Contents: List of abbreviations. Preface. I. Context and framework: 1. Contentious politics in democratizing Nepal/Mahendra Lawoti. 2. Democracy, domination and exclusionary constitutional-engineering process in Nepal, 1990/Mahendra Lawoti. II. The Maoist Insurgency: 3. Committed Insurgents, a divided state and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal/Shisir Khanal. 4. Women and children last: the effects of the Maoist insurgency on gender-based violence/Mary Crawford, Michelle R. Kaufman and Alka Gurung. 5. The evolution of the Maoist Revolution in Nepal in an adverse international environment/Li Onesto. 6. The Web in the Shadows (Chaayaamaa Maakuraako Jaalo): Anatomy of stakeholder influences in an insurgency/Ivan Gyozo Somlai. III. Identity politics: 7. Between political party and social movement: the Mongol National Organization and democratization in Rural East Nepal/Susan Hangen. 8. Ethnic nationalism in Nepal and the Newars/Bal Gopal Shrestha. 9. The spread of Theravadin Vihar Buddhism among Newars in the Kathmandu Valley/Keshav Lall Maharjan. IV. Collective public protests: 10. Illiberal democracy and the problem of law: street protest and democratization in multiparty Nepal/Genevieve Lakier. 11. Student Movements in Nepal: their parameters and their idealized forms/Amanda Snellinger. V. Contentious politics and democratization: 12. A 'Chaos' ecology: democratization and urban environmental decline in Kathmandu/Anne Rademacher. 13. Democratization promoting and democratization hindering contentious politics: lessons from Nepal/Mahendra Lawoti. About the editor and contributors. Index.
"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 of scholars studying democratic politics, as well as practitioners engaged in nurturing fledgling democracies."