The Madhesi Upsurge and the Contested Idea of Nepal

• Main Author: Jha, Kalpana (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Anthropology,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Asia > History.; Peace.; Ethnicity.; Social Sciences.; Ethnicity Studies.; Conflict Studies.; History of South Asia.

This book is set against the burning issue of ethnic uprisings in the Madhes region of Nepal and analyses debates on the idea of contemporary Nepal. The limited view of Nepal as a primarily hill nation with Nepali-speaking people ignores the vast ethnic and linguistic diversity of the country. It ha...

Table of Contents:

• CHAPTER-I History of Nepal amid Contentions: The rise of Madhesi Identity
• CHAPTER-II Ethnic Awakening In South Asia: Drawing Analogy with Nepal
• CHAPTER-III The Construction of Nepali Identity: Onset of Madhes Struggle
• CHAPTER-IV Democratic Innovations, Globalisation and Identity Formation
• CHAPTER-V The Vulnerable Sovereign
• CHAPTER-VI Contemporary Politics: Directions and Dilemma
• CHAPTER-VII End of a Rebellion or beginning of new era of Revolution? Annex-I: Agreements between the Government of Nepal and the agitating Janajatis and Madhesi
• Annex- II: Caste and Ethnic Groups of Nepal.