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Confronting the federal sphinx in Nepal :

Bose, Tapan Kumar.

Confronting the federal sphinx in Nepal : Madhesh-Tarai / Tapan Kumar Bose with Som Prasad Niroula. - xxx, 150 pages ; 22 cm. - Sage series in human rights audits of peace processes ; Volume IV .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-146) and index.

Introduction -- Politics in Nepal -- Madhesh, madheshis, and the federal question -- Political economy of Nepal's unification -- Modernization of Nepal : panchayat to restoration of democracy and betrayal of madheshis -- The maoist movement, Jana Andolan II, and federal politics -- Opposition to one Madhesh : demand within Tarai -- Field data analysis -- Toward a conclusion -- Appendix 1. Text of 22-point agreement between MJF and government of Nepal -- Appendix 2. Federal regions proposed by UCPN (maoist) and Nepali congress -- Appendix 3. Madheshi political organizations -- Appendix 4. Madheshi armed organizations active in Terai -- Bibliography -- Index -- About South Asia Forum for Human Rights -- About the series editor and authors.

9789351500988 (hardback : alk. paper)

2014047327


Federal government--Nepal.
Democracy--Nepal.
Nepal--Politics and government.

JQ628.A58 / B67 2015

320.45496049 B650C

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