TY - BOOK AU - Bose,Tapan Kumar AU - Niroula,Som Prasad TI - Confronting the federal sphinx in Nepal: Madhesh-Tarai T2 - Sage series in human rights audits of peace processes SN - 9789351500988 (hardback : alk. paper) AV - JQ628.A58 B67 2015 U1 - 320.45496049 B650C 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Thousand Oaks PB - SAGE Publications KW - Federal government KW - Nepal KW - Democracy KW - Politics and government N1 - 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 ER -