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The Politics of Belonging in the Himalayas is an exploration of the various forms of bonds and attachments by which individuals are bounded to their collectivities and localities in the Himalayan regions of India and Nepal. To grasp these phenomena adequately, the book proposes a new analytical approach through the concept of belonging.
The book is based on several case studies carried out by anthropologists, political science scholars, historians, and ...
For nearly 240 years (1768-2006) either the Shah Dynasty or their Rana Prime Ministers ruled Nepal in the name of Hinduism; in more recent times Shah Kings claimed also to embody national unity in their own person. Since the nineteenth century Nepal experienced the autocracy of the Ranas, a first experiment with parliamentarianism, guided partyless democracy led by the king, multi-party constitutional monarchy (including an elected minority communist government ...
Confrontational identity politics and mobilization are today tearing apart historically multicultural polities across the world. Against this wider background, this book provides insights into the nature and dimensions of the confrontation between ethnic minorities and majorities in Nepal, Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia. Locating the roots of identity-based conflicts in the processes of post-colonial nation-building, the authors examine the often contradictory ...