Creating A "New Nepal": The Ethnic Dimension

Creating A "New Nepal": The Ethnic Dimension Susan Hangen, 2007 Policy Studies, No. 34 Publisher: Washington, D.C.: East-West Center Washington   This study explores the ethnic dimension of the challenges that Nepal currently faces. Although Nepal has made substantial progress toward regaining political stability since April 2006, ethnic conflict has become a major problem. The indigenous nationalities movement, whose origins and demands are examined here, identifies fifty-nine diverse groups...

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