Political change and public culture in post-1990 Nepal

This book explores various domains of the Nepali public sphere in which ideas about democracy and citizenship have been debated and contested since 1990. It investigates the ways in which the public meaning of the major political and sociocultural changes that occurred in Nepal between 1990 and 2013...

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Other Authors: Hutt, Michael (Editor) , Onta, Pratyoush R. (Editor)
Format: Book/Monograph
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017
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DOI:10.1017/9781316771389
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Author Notes:edited by Michael J. Hutt, Pratyoush Onta
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Summary:This book explores various domains of the Nepali public sphere in which ideas about democracy and citizenship have been debated and contested since 1990. It investigates the ways in which the public meaning of the major political and sociocultural changes that occurred in Nepal between 1990 and 2013 was constructed, conveyed and consumed. These changes took place against the backdrop of an enormous growth in literacy, the proliferation of print and broadcast media, the emergence of a public discourse on human rights, and the vigorous reassertion of linguistic, ethnic and regional identities. Scholars from a range of different disciplinary locations delve into debates on rumours, ethnicity and identity, activism and gender to provide empirically grounded histories of the nation during one of its most important political transitions
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ISBN:9781316771389
DOI:10.1017/9781316771389