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The rise of ethnic politics in Nepal: democracy at the margins

The rise of ethnic politics in Nepal: democracy at the margins Asian Ethnicity Vol. 13, No. 3, June 2012, 315–320 BOOK REVIEWS The rise of ethnic politics in Nepal: democracy at the margins, by Susan I. Hangen, London, Routledge, 2010, xii, 190pp. (tables, figures, maps), US$130 (hardback), ISBN 978-0415778848. Over the past decade, the dominant academe on Nepali politics has overwhelmingly focused on the role and impact of the Maoist movement. With her timely publication, US-based Pr. Susan Hangen slightly moves away from this prevailing approach of Nepal’s political conundrum to offer an original insight on the recent ethnicisation of Nepali politics, beyond ideological struggles and insurgency. She convincingly articulates her research on the rising influence ethnic groups and peripheral areas have had on Nepal’s democratisation since the adoption of a multi- party democratic system in 1990. Through the case study of one indigenous group of rural Eastern Nepal – the ‘Mongols’ and more specifically one of their dominant ethnic subgroups, the Gurungs – Pr. Hangen makes compelling efforts to illustrate how the margins – understood as ‘political peripheries of the state’ dwelt by ‘marginal populations’ developing ‘non-hegemonic discourses’ such as ethnic inequality (pp. 11–12) – have construed, experienced and participated in democratic politics and democratisation processes in contemporary Nepal. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Ethnicity Taylor & Francis

The rise of ethnic politics in Nepal: democracy at the margins

Egreteau, Renaud
Asian Ethnicity , Volume 13 (3): 3 – Jun 1, 2012
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The rise of ethnic politics in Nepal: democracy at the margins

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Asian Ethnicity Vol. 13, No. 3, June 2012, 315–320 BOOK REVIEWS The rise of ethnic politics in Nepal: democracy at the margins, by Susan I. Hangen, London, Routledge, 2010, xii, 190pp. (tables, figures, maps), US$130 (hardback), ISBN 978-0415778848. Over the past decade, the dominant academe on Nepali politics has overwhelmingly focused on the role and impact of the Maoist movement. With her timely publication, US-based Pr. Susan Hangen slightly moves away from this prevailing...
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Asian Ethnicity Vol. 13, No. 3, June 2012, 315–320 BOOK REVIEWS The rise of ethnic politics in Nepal: democracy at the margins, by Susan I. Hangen, London, Routledge, 2010, xii, 190pp. (tables, figures, maps), US$130 (hardback), ISBN 978-0415778848. Over the past decade, the dominant academe on Nepali politics has overwhelmingly focused on the role and impact of the Maoist movement. With her timely publication, US-based Pr. Susan Hangen slightly moves away from this prevailing approach of Nepal’s political conundrum to offer an original insight on the recent ethnicisation of Nepali politics, beyond ideological struggles and insurgency. She convincingly articulates her research on the rising influence ethnic groups and peripheral areas have had on Nepal’s democratisation since the adoption of a multi- party democratic system in 1990. Through the case study of one indigenous group of rural Eastern Nepal – the ‘Mongols’ and more specifically one of their dominant ethnic subgroups, the Gurungs – Pr. Hangen makes compelling efforts to illustrate how the margins – understood as ‘political peripheries of the state’ dwelt by ‘marginal populations’ developing ‘non-hegemonic discourses’ such as ethnic inequality (pp. 11–12) – have construed, experienced and participated in democratic politics and democratisation processes in contemporary Nepal.

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