The partial revolution: labour, social movements and the invisible hand of Mao in Western Nepal

Autor
Michael Hoffmann

Verlag
New York, Oxford: Berghahn

Jahr der Veröffentlichung
2018

ISBN
978-1-78533-780-2

OPAC

Abstract
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.