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