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The Surprising rise of identity politics after the restoration of democracy in 1990 led to increasing academic and political attention on political exclusion and ethnic politics. However, many aspects of exclusion are yet to be analyed. The atticles in this volume illuminate additional dimensions of exclusion and inequality. The authors examine interactions between foemal and informal institutions and political exclusion, inert-group inequality, ethnicization of ...
After the restoration of democracy in 1990, Nepal witnessed collective political struggles—identity and gender movements, public protests and strikes, and the Maoist rebellion. This volume examines the causes, consequences, and effectiveness of such contentious politics, and their relationship to democratization.
Contradicting the popular thesis that contentious politics generally promotes democratization, this topical book shows that some forms of ...