Conference
|| Programme
|| Circular
|| Participants and
Invitees ||
Summary
Thursday, April 24
Summary
Friday, April 25
Summary,
Saturday, April 26
Participants |
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1.
Anup Pahari |
‘From
liberation to insurgency: The politics of
paradoxes in Nepal, 1990-2003’ |
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2.
Bharat Raj Upreti |
‘Constitution
and electoral reform’ |
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3.
Bihari K. Shrestha |
‘Democracy
and traditional social order in rural Nepal:
The inclusionary ferment of change at the
grassroots’ |
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4.
Bishnu Raj Upreti |
‘Social
exclusion and the centralism as source of
conflict in Nepal: Ways forward for rebuilding
trust’ |
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5.
David N. Gellner |
‘Inclusion,
hybridity, social order: Preconditions of
democracy’ |
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6.
Dilli Ram Dahal |
‘Hindu
nationalism and untouchable reform: The
status of dalits in Nepali society’ |
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7.
Dipak Gyawali |
‘Space
for ethical voice’ |
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8.
Genevieve Lakier |
‘Public
spectacle and political power: The bandh
and democracy in Nepal’ |
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9.
Gopal Guru |
‘Spectre
of exclusion’ |
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10.
Hari Roka |
‘Towards
a politics of inclusion: Redefining parties
for democratisation in Nepal’ |
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11.
Jagannath
Adhikari |
‘Exclusion
and access to economic opportunities: Implications
for political participation and conflicts’ |
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12.
John Whelpton |
‘Nepalese
democracy and its discontents’ |
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13.
Judith Pettigrew |
‘Relating
to the state: Ethno-political concerns of
rural Gurungs’ |
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14.
Krishna Bhattachan |
‘Expected
model and process of inclusive democracy
in Nepal’ |
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15.
Krishna
Hachhethu |
‘The
question of inclusion and exclusion in Nepal:
Interface between state and ethnicity’ |
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16.
Krishna Khanal |
‘Ethnicity,
exclusion and autonomy: Remaking of the
constitution’ |
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17.
Lynn Bennett |
‘Towards
an inclusive society: The role of state
policy and institutional reform in enabling
more effective and equitable agency among
diverse groups in Nepal’ |
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18.
Mahendra Lawoti |
‘Inclusive
democratic institutions for Nepal’ |
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19.
Mark Turin |
‘The
many tongues of the nation: Ethnolinguistic
politics in post-1990 Nepal’ |
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20.
Michael Hutt |
‘Ideal
Nepal and the voices of Nepali writers’ |
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21.
Neera Chandhoke |
‘Living
with diversity’ |
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22.
Pratyoush Onta |
‘Radio
and the politics of democratic culture in
Nepal’ |
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23.
Rhoderick Chalmers |
‘The
language of Pushkin and the language of
pundits: Perspectives on Sanskritisation,
Nepali, and political participation’ |
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24.
Sara Shneiderman |
‘Political
consciousness and agency in rural Nepal:
Reflections from Dolakha and Sindhupalchowk’ |
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25.
Saubhagya Shah |
‘Nepali
dystopia: The search for an articulating
state’ |
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26.
Seira Tamang |
‘Civilizing
civil society: Donors and democratic space’ |
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27.
Stephen Mikesell |
‘Unfinished
agendas of the 1990 Movement’ |
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28.
Sudhindra Sharma |
‘The
dharmashastric view(s) of Hindu kingship:
Implications for the debate on constitutional
monarchy and democracy in Nepal’ |
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29.
Tanka Subba |
"Inclusion”
in Indian democracy:lessons for Nepal’ |
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30.
Teeka Bhattarai
and Bijaya Subba |
‘Disabled
democracy: Leaders lacking political consciousness’ |
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31.
Tom Carothers |
‘The
end of the transition paradigm’ |
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32.
Walter Kaelin |
‘Inclusive
constitutional law’ |
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Panelists
Ganesh
Prasad Mahara || Harka Gurung || Kanak Mani
Dixit || Krishna Bhattachan || Lhakpa Norbu
Sherpa || Ramawatar Yadav || Sapana Malla
Pradhan || Seira Tamang || Shanta Thapaliya
|| Teeka Bhattarai
Chairs
AC
Sinha || Anup Pahari || Chaitanya Mishra
|| David Gellner || Dilli Ram Dahal || Lok
Raj Baral || Lynn Bennett || Pratyoush Onta
|| Santa B. Pun || SD Muni || Sharon Hepburn
Invitees
AC
Sinha || Anirudha Gupta || Bharat Bhushan
|| Bishnu Bam || Dambar Pahadi || Dhanraj
Rai || Dinesh Shrestha || Ghanshyam Das
|| Govinda Subba || Hare Ram Thakur || Narayan
Koirala || SD Muni || Shivendra Lal || Shastri
Ramachandaran || Shuva Laxmi Rai || Shyam
Sundar Prasad Shah || Surya Kumar Rai ||
Thir Prasad Adhikari
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