The Partial Revolution

Labour, Social Movements and the Invisible Hand of Mao in Western Nepal
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78533-780-2
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 493 g

Reihe: Dislocations

Located in the far-western Tarai region of Nepal, Kailali has been the site of dynamic social and political change in recent history. The Partial Revolution examines Kailali in the aftermath of Nepal’s Maoist insurgency, critically examining the ways in which revolutionary political mobilization changes social relations—often unexpectedly clashing with the movement’s ideological goals. Focusing primarily on the end of Kailali’s feudal system of bonded labor, Hoffmann explores the connection between politics, labor, and Mao’s legacy, documenting the impact of changing political contexts on labor relations among former debt-bonded laborers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hoffmann, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Note on Transliteration


Introduction: The Maoist Victory Rally

PART I: POLITICS IN THE TOWN

Chapter 1. Urban Festivals and Post-Conflict Patronage

Chapter 2. The Occupation of Symbolic Space in Town

Chapter 3. Learning to Protest: The Freed Kamaiya Movement

Chapter 4. Maoists and Labour Unions in Town

PART II: LABOUR RELATIONS IN A BRICK FACTORY IN THE HINTERLAND

Chapter 5. Red Salute at Work in a Brick Factory

Chapter 6. The Revolutionary Legacy and Debt Bondage

Conclusion: The Partial Revolution

Appendix

Glossary

Bibliography


Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hoffmann, Michael
Michael Hoffmann is a Senior Research Fellow at Humboldt University in Berlin. Previously, he worked as a post-doc fellow at the Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology in Cologne and the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle Germany. He received his PhD in Anthropology from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences in 2012.