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Other authors / contributors: | Lawoti, Mahendra, 1965-
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ISBN: | 9788132101543 8132101545 1282077953 9781282077959 6612077956 9786612077951 9789994654284 9994654284 9780761936015 0761936017 9788178297644 8178297647
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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Summary: | 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 contentious politics can hinder it, even as other forms strengthen democracy. It also suggests that the nature of activities--whether they are coerciv.
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Other form: | Print version: Contentious politics and democratization in Nepal. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2007 9789994654284 9994654284
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