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Himalayan People's War: Nepal's Maoist Rebellion

Himalayan People's War: Nepal's Maoist Rebellion


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"This is a readable and high-quality book. It provides more information and insight on the most successful Marxist rebellion in South Asia's history than has previously been found within one set of covers." —David Gellner
The eruption of a violent Maoist insurgency in Nepal in the late 1990s was met with bewilderment even among many who claimed to know the country well. The so-called "people's war" was launched in 1996 by the Communist Party of Nepal to overthrow the political establishment, including the monarchy. Tactics have included killing members of rival parties as well as attacks on police stations, banks, and power installations. The indiscriminate nature of the government's military response has been widely criticized. In 2001, Nepal's political situation came to the attention of Western news media with the murders of members of the royal family. This book provides historical, social, and political background on the movement and related events in this ongoing struggle. The contributors examine the war's origins and antecedents, provide ethnographic accounts from rural and urban perspectives, and draw comparisons with other Maoist movements elsewhere in the world. Includes full text of key documents by the rebels and government.



Table of Contents:

Introduction: Monarchy, Democracy, and Maoism in Nepal Michael Hutt
Part I. The Political Context
Radicalism and the Emergence of the Maoists Deepak Thapa
The Maoist Movement: An Evolutionary Perspective Sudheer Sharma
The Nepali State and the Maoist Insurgency, 1996-2001 Krishna Hachhethu
Part II. The Maoists and the People
The Path to Jan Sarkar in Dolakha District: Towards an Ethnography of the Maoist Movement Sara Shneiderman and Mark Turin
Ethnic Demands within Maoism: Questions of Magar Territorial Autonomy, Nationality, and Class Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
Democracy and Duplicity: The Maoists and their Interlocutors in Nepal Pratyoush Onta
Gender Dimensions of the People's War: Some Reflections on the Experiences of Rural Women Mandira Sharma and Dinesh Prasain
Part III. Geopolitical and Comparative Perspectives
High Expectations, Deep Disappointment: Politics, State, and Society in Nepal after 1990 Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka
A Himalayan Red Herring? Maoist Revolution in the Shadow of the Legacy Raj Saubhagya Shah
Maoism in Nepal: Towards a Comparative Perspective Philippe Ramirez
Part IV. Afterwords
The Emergency and Nepal's Political Future Hari Roka
Living between the Maoists and the Army in Rural Nepal Judith Pettigrew
Part V. Appendixes
A. The Forty-point Demand of the United People's Front (February 1996)
B. Full Text of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Beuba's Message to the Nation (27 November 2001)
C. Full Text of King Gyanendra's Address to the Nation (4 October 2002)



About the Author :

Michael Hutt is Reader in Nepali and Himalayan Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.



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""This is a readable and high-quality book. It provides more information and insight on the most successful Marxist rebellion in South Asia's history than has previously been found within one set of covers."" "This is a readable and high-quality book. It provides more information and insight on the most successful Marxist rebellion in South Asia's history than has previously been found within one set of covers."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780253217424
  • Publisher: Indiana University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Indiana University Press
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Returnable: 01
  • Weight: 480 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0253217423
  • Publisher Date: 18 Oct 2004
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: 01
  • Sub Title: Nepal's Maoist Rebellion
  • Width: 140 mm


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