Current Dynamics in Transforming Nepal

edited by Dilli Ram Dahal, Laya Prasad Uprety and Bipin Kumar Acharya

ISBN 10: 8187393572 / ISBN 13: 9788187393573

Published by Sociological/Anthropological Society of Nepal and Adroit Publishers, 2018

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Contents: Foreword. I. Keynotes and commemorative paper: Keynotes: 1. History, structure and conceptualization and categorization in sociology/Chaitanya Mishra. 2. Making space by Nepali anthropologists: an appraisal/Dilli Ram Dahal. Commemorative paper: 3. In memory of Prof. Santa Bahadur Gurung/Bipin K. Acharya. II. Cultural Identity, movement and Governance: 4. Diversity and reconstruction of identities in contemporary Nepal/Asha Lal Tamang and Dimpal Yonjan Lama. 5. Culture conservation and identity making: the public anthropology of ethnic museums and heritage sites/Bipin Kumar Acharya. 6. Public understanding of the Government at local level/Bishnu Raj Upreti and Sony K.C. 7. Maoist movement in Nepal: implications for India/Eyasin Khan. 8. The narrative of Chawa: The Yamphu notion of self, identity and territory/Hom Yamphu. 9. Caste and identity: an ethnographic study of Dalit students/Kuldip Neupane. 10. Does law exist in the informal (stateless) society? A study of community laws and justice system of the Kisans of Eastern Nepal/Shambhu Prasad Kattel. 11. The magars, their history and identity in the eyes of scholars/Shyamu Thapa Magar. III. Development, Social mobilization and poverty: 12. Development impact: forced marginalization or retrofitting of economy?/Bhanu Timseena. 13. Dependency while producing public knowledge: an experience from post 1990 Nepal/Devendra Uprey. 14. Applicability of transition management and backcasting in Nepal: a case study from Kaule, Nuwakot District Eva Wieners, Martina Neuburger and Udo Schickhoff. 15. The potential of harmonization of modern development with traditional cultures: effects of migration on traditional Tamang society in Nepal/Kazuko Tatsumi and Phurpa Tamang. 16. Alcoholism and poverty: an incessant relationship/Parpanna Maskey. 17. Social mobilization for democratizing local Governance and development in Nepal: lessons from local Governance and community development program/Sangram S. Lama. 18. Disguised development: reigning Chaos/Santosh K. Bhagat. 19. Concept of development for the ethnic communities: a boon of bane? Field experiences from the Chenchus/Savaras (in India) and Newars (in Nepal)/Sipoy Sarveswar and Kiran Maharjan. IV. Disability and social inclusion/exclusion: 20. Disability and suffering: the challenges faced by people with physical disability/Khusboo Gupta. 21. Overcoming barriers to higher education: the experience of University graduates with disabilities/Santosh Shrestha. 22. Poverty as living with disability/Tek Nath Subedi. V. Education, Health and Nutrition: 23. Diet, physical activity and morbidity profiles of the elderly in a Kolkata neighbourhood: an exploratory study/Abhijit Dutta. 24. Technical education and poverty reduction in Nepalese rural village: focusing on Chapagaun VDC Lalitpur, Nepal/Amit Koirala. 25. Missing category: mental health in school level education/Obindra B. Chand and Devendra Uprety. 26. Role of education in social inclusion of Muslims in Nepal/Pasang Sherpa. 27. Medical practices among Hyolmos: an overview/Ram Hari Dhakal. VI. Gender and womenhood: 28. Personal narratives of Thakali women: education and aspiration/Dipti Sherchan. 29. Abused girl children in a slum of Berhampur (India)/Itishree Padhi. 30. In the modern way: women, development, and modernity in urban Nepal/Margaret Becker. 31. Gender mainstreaming: challenges as perceived among Nepalese Professionals/Mina Devi Uprety. 32. Sexuality in the making: Nepali rural women s experience/Mira Mishra. 33. Patriarchy and the politics of gender identity in Nepal/Sarita Uprety. 34. Construction of masculinity in Vedic society: a sociological analysis/Shukra Raj Adhikari. 35. A study on effect of biogas in Terai arc landscape (TAL) from gender perspectives/Sikshya Adhikary Rana. VII. Human rights, violence of human security: 36. Concepts and major initiatives of human security/Bishnu Pathak. 37. Schemata of HIV/AIDS and human rights in Nepal: community legal empower.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Current Dynamics in Transforming Nepal
• Publisher: Sociological/Anthropological Society of Nepal and Adroit Publishers
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8187393572
• ISBN 13: 9788187393573
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book is an outcome of the three day international conference which brought Nepali, South Asian and other International scholars of anthropology, sociology and other social sciences into dialogue about the contemporary issues pertaining to the theories and practices of their respective disciplines. The articles published in this book have covered a wide range of social,cultural and development-related issues, these comprise: gender and womanhood, development intervention and forced marginalisation; transition to sustainability; social mobilisation and governance, education, health and nutrition; cultural identities and culture conservation.