Journal article icon

Journal article

New identity politics and the 2012 collapse of Nepal's Constituent Assembly: when the dominant becomes 'other'

Abstract:

This article explores the politicization of ethnicity in Nepal since 1990. In particular it looks at how ideas of indigeneity have become increasingly powerful, leading to Nepal becoming the first and—to date—only Asian country to have signed International Labour Organization Convention number 169 (hereafter ILO 169). The rise of ethnic politics, and in particular the reactive rise of a new kind of ethnicity on the part of the ‘dominant’ groups—Bahuns (Brahmans) and Chhetris (Kshatriyas)—is t...

Expand abstract
Publication status:
Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

Actions


Access Document


Files:
Publisher copy:
10.1017/S0026749X15000438

Authors


More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SAME
Sub department:
Social & Cultural Anthropology
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SAME
Sub department:
Social & Cultural Anthropology
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Modern Asian Studies Journal website
Volume:
50
Issue:
6
Pages:
2009-2040
Publication date:
2016-02-15
Acceptance date:
2015-09-09
DOI:
EISSN:
1469-8099
ISSN:
0026-749X
Language:
English
Keywords:
Pubs id:
pubs:574797
UUID:
uuid:6d9a1f9d-f57a-4dee-bda0-ecd8c81e3384
Local pid:
pubs:574797
Source identifiers:
574797
Deposit date:
2015-11-24

Terms of use


Views and Downloads






If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record

TO TOP