List of tables
Acknowledgments
Nepal timeline
Introduction : Understanding the crisis in Nepal and state failure
State formation and political transition in Nepal (1768- 2005)
Ethnicity and politics in Nepal
Economic crisis and the lack of performance legitimacy
Maoist insurgency and the militarization of the Nepali polity and society
Popular uprising 2006
Problems and prospects
Appendix 1 : Nepal : the fundamentals
Appendix 2 : Memorandum from UNPF to the prime minister
Appendix 3 : Unofficial translation of the letter of understanding between the seven-party coalition and the Communist Party of Nepal
Appendix 4 : Unofficial translation of the eight-point agreement between SPA and the CPN (M)
Bibliography
Index
About the authors.