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Post-War Instability and Human Security in Nepal
Inbunden, 2024
3065 kr
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This book studies post-war instability in Nepal and its effect on human security. It looks at Nepal’s Maoist People’s War, the Nepali peace-building process, and political development in Nepal. Drawing on in-depth interviews, the book discusses multiple issues of the peace-building process, …
Himalayas and India–China Relations
Häftad, 2019
712 kr
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This book provides a systematic analysis of China's rise to power. It traces the complex contours of its relation with India, with the Himalayas prominently figuring in the discourse. Drawing on myths, legends, classical literature, archival resources and contemporary political and international …
Democratisation in the Himalayas
Interests, Conflicts, and Negotiations
Häftad, 2019
691 kr
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Democratisation is a formidable task in the Himalayan region owing to its immense cultural heterogeneity. The process of democratisation has accentuated ethnic competition, assertion of identity, and demand for ethnic homelands to protect, safeguard, and promote political and development interests …
Gender and Sex-Work in Nepal
The Making and Unmaking of a Category
Häftad, 2019
689 kr
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This book explores ‘sex work’ in Nepal as a social and analytical category. Narrating stories of those subsumed under such definition, it examines changes as well as continuities characterising socio-cultural norms and perceptions through an analysis of sexual consumption. It also highlights the …
Multilingualism in Education in Nepal
Ideology and Identity
Inbunden, 2021
2433 kr
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This book explores the development of multilingual policy in education in Nepal in sociopolitical and historical contexts and examines the frameworks of language use in schools. It investigates the dynamics and factors that influence the process of construction and appropriation of the policy of …
Dawn of Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Kingdoms
The 20th Century
Häftad, 2020
573 kr
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This book traces the beginnings of democracy in the three Himalayan kingdoms of Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan. Charting the mobilisations and political experimentations that took place in the former buffer states under monarchies to establish democratic regimes, this book investigates their varying …
Goddesses of Kathmandu Valley
Grace, Rage, Knowledge
Av Arun Gupto
Häftad, 2020
793 kr
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In South Asia goddesses are conceptualized and worshipped in a fascinatingrange of forms – from cosmic beings to bacterial manifestations, from human-like appearances to creatures with animal and insect semblances. This book maps the diverse identities of goddesses through metaphors of Grace, Rage …
Conflict, Education and People's War in Nepal
Av Sanjeev Rai
Häftad, 2020
710 kr
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This book presents an overview of the democracy movement and the history of education in Nepal. It shows how schools became the battleground for the state and the Maoists as well as captures emerging trends in the field, challenges for the state and negotiations with political commitments. It looks …
State, Society and Health in Nepal
Häftad, 2020
710 kr
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This book focuses on health, healing and health care in Nepal. It presents an intriguing picture: the interplay between the natural processes that cause ill health or diseases and the socio-cultural processes through which people try to understand and cope with them. The work places medical …
Multilingualism in Education in Nepal
Ideology and Identity
Häftad, 2023
670 kr
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This book explores the development of multilingual policy in education in Nepal in sociopolitical and historical contexts and examines the frameworks of language use in schools. It investigates the dynamics and factors that influence the process of construction and appropriation of the policy of …
Dawn of Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Kingdoms
The 20th Century
E-bok, 2018
676 kr
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This book traces the beginnings of democracy in the three Himalayan kingdoms of Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan. Charting the mobilisations and political experimentations that took place in the former buffer states under monarchies to establish democratic regimes, this book investigates their varying …
Dawn of Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Kingdoms
The 20th Century
E-bok, 2018
676 kr
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This book traces the beginnings of democracy in the three Himalayan kingdoms of Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan. Charting the mobilisations and political experimentations that took place in the former buffer states under monarchies to establish democratic regimes, this book investigates their varying …
Goddesses of Kathmandu Valley
Grace, Rage, Knowledge
Av Arun Gupto
E-bok, 2018
936 kr
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In South Asia goddesses are conceptualized and worshipped in a fascinatingrange of forms – from cosmic beings to bacterial manifestations, from human-like appearances to creatures with animal and insect semblances. This book maps the diverse identities of goddesses through metaphors of Grace, Rage …
Goddesses of Kathmandu Valley
Grace, Rage, Knowledge
Av Arun Gupto
E-bok, 2018
936 kr
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In South Asia goddesses are conceptualized and worshipped in a fascinatingrange of forms – from cosmic beings to bacterial manifestations, from human-like appearances to creatures with animal and insect semblances. This book maps the diverse identities of goddesses through metaphors of Grace, Rage …
Nepali Diaspora in a Globalised Era
Av Tanka B. Subba, A. C. Sinha
Häftad, 2017
820 kr
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This is one of the first books to explore Nepali diaspora in a global context, across India and other parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Australia. It discusses the social, political and economic status and aspirations of the Nepali community worldwide. The essays in the volume cover …
Multilingualism in Education in Nepal
Ideology and Identity
E-bok, 2021
774 kr
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This book explores the development of multilingual policy in education in Nepal in sociopolitical and historical contexts and examines the frameworks of language use in schools. It investigates the dynamics and factors that influence the process of construction and appropriation of the policy of …
Multilingualism in Education in Nepal
Ideology and Identity
E-bok, 2021
774 kr
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This book explores the development of multilingual policy in education in Nepal in sociopolitical and historical contexts and examines the frameworks of language use in schools. It investigates the dynamics and factors that influence the process of construction and appropriation of the policy of …
Women in 'New Nepal'
Through the Lens of Classed, Ethnic, and Gendered Peripheries
Av Seika Sato
Inbunden, 2023
2133 kr
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This book brings rarely voiced lives and experiences of women in Nepal to light and combines rich ethnography with discourse analysis. Multifaceted and critical, the volume situates its narrative in the profoundly transformative period after the turn of the century when ‘New Nepal’ was rising on …
Women in 'New Nepal'
Through the Lens of Classed, Ethnic, and Gendered Peripheries
Av Seika Sato
Häftad, 2024
633 kr
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This book brings rarely voiced lives and experiences of women in Nepal to light and combines rich ethnography with discourse analysis. Multifaceted and critical, the volume situates its narrative in the profoundly transformative period after the turn of the century when ‘New Nepal’ was rising on …
Federation of Himalayan Kingdoms
Looking for Greater Nepal
Häftad, 2024
667 kr
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This book traces the history and politics of the Greater Nepal movement. It looks at major events in modern South Asia, in and around the Eastern Himalaya region in particular – colonialism, independence and partition, the Chinese aggression in Tibet, formation of Bangladesh, and the merger of …
Politics of Ethnic Renewal in Darjeeling
Gorkhas and the Struggle for Tribal Recognition
Inbunden, 2023
2133 kr
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This book examines the nature of ethnopolitics evolving in the Darjeeling hills, located in the Eastern Himalayas. It highlights how in the wake of regional politics minorities pursue alternative avenues to attain rights and recognition. The book provides an astute analysis of competing claims of …
Politics of Ethnic Renewal in Darjeeling
Gorkhas and the Struggle for Tribal Recognition
Häftad, 2024
648 kr
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This book examines the nature of ethnopolitics evolving in the Darjeeling hills, located in the Eastern Himalayas. It highlights how in the wake of regional politics minorities pursue alternative avenues to attain rights and recognition. The book provides an astute analysis of competing claims of …
Post-War Instability and Human Security in Nepal
Häftad, 2026
706 kr
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This book studies post-war instability in Nepal and its effect on human security. It looks at Nepal’s Maoist People’s War, the Nepali peace-building process, and political development in Nepal. Drawing on in-depth interviews, the book discusses multiple issues of the peace-building process, …
India’s Himalayan Frontiers
History and Politics
Häftad, 2026
727 kr
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This book looks at the historical and political dynamics of the Sino-Indian border dispute in India’s Himalayan Frontiers. Going back into Tibetan history, the author examines the making of the McMahon Line at Simla Conference of 1913–14. It also takes a look at some of the neighbouring areas that …
Federation of Himalayan Kingdoms
Looking for Greater Nepal
Inbunden, 2022
2197 kr
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This book traces the history and politics of the Greater Nepal movement. It looks at major events in modern South Asia, in and around the Eastern Himalaya region in particular – colonialism, independence and partition, the Chinese aggression in Tibet, formation of Bangladesh, and the merger of …
Himalayas and India–China Relations
Inbunden, 2016
2826 kr
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This book provides a systematic analysis of China's rise to power. It traces the complex contours of its relation with India, with the Himalayas prominently figuring in the discourse. Drawing on myths, legends, classical literature, archival resources and contemporary political and international …
Democratisation in the Himalayas
Interests, Conflicts, and Negotiations
Inbunden, 2017
2744 kr
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Democratisation is a formidable task in the Himalayan region owing to its immense cultural heterogeneity. The process of democratisation has accentuated ethnic competition, assertion of identity, and demand for ethnic homelands to protect, safeguard, and promote political and development interests …
Dawn of Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Kingdoms
The 20th Century
Inbunden, 2018
2586 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book traces the beginnings of democracy in the three Himalayan kingdoms of Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan. Charting the mobilisations and political experimentations that took place in the former buffer states under monarchies to establish democratic regimes, this book investigates their varying …
State, Society and Health in Nepal
Inbunden, 2018
2586 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book focuses on health, healing and health care in Nepal. It presents an intriguing picture: the interplay between the natural processes that cause ill health or diseases and the socio-cultural processes through which people try to understand and cope with them. The work places medical …
Goddesses of Kathmandu Valley
Grace, Rage, Knowledge
Av Arun Gupto
Inbunden, 2018
2888 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In South Asia goddesses are conceptualized and worshipped in a fascinatingrange of forms – from cosmic beings to bacterial manifestations, from human-like appearances to creatures with animal and insect semblances. This book maps the diverse identities of goddesses through metaphors of Grace, Rage …
