Himalayan People's War

Michael Hutt is Reader in Nepali and Himalayan Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

• Introduction: Monarchy, Democracy, and Maoism in Nepal Michael HuttPart I. The Political ContextRadicalism and the Emergence of the Maoists Deepak ThapaThe Maoist Movement: An Evolutionary Perspective Sudheer SharmaThe Nepali State and the Maoist Insurgency, 1996-2001 Krishna HachhethuPart II. The Maoists and the PeopleThe Path to Jan Sarkar in Dolakha District: Towards an Ethnography of the Maoist Movement Sara Shneiderman and Mark TurinEthnic Demands within Maoism: Questions of Magar Territorial Autonomy, Nationality, and Class Marie Lecomte-TilouineDemocracy and Duplicity: The Maoists and their Interlocutors in Nepal Pratyoush OntaGender Dimensions of the People's War: Some Reflections on the Experiences of Rural Women Mandira Sharma and Dinesh PrasainPart III. Geopolitical and Comparative PerspectivesHigh Expectations, Deep Disappointment: Politics, State, and Society in Nepal after 1990 Joanna Pfaff-CzarneckaA Himalayan Red Herring? Maoist Revolution in the Shadow of the Legacy Raj Saubhagya ShahMaoism in Nepal: Towards a Comparative Perspective Philippe RamirezPart IV. AfterwordsThe Emergency and Nepal's Political Future Hari RokaLiving between the Maoists and the Army in Rural Nepal Judith PettigrewPart V. AppendixesA. The Forty-point Demand of the United People's Front (February 1996)B. Full Text of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Beuba's Message to the Nation (27 November 2001)C. Full Text of King Gyanendra's Address to the Nation (4 October 2002)