Caste, State, and Ethnic Boundaries in Nepal

Levine, Nancy E.

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“…In our FGDs, participants also explained that increasing involvement in social and financial organization and access to credit from women groups, micro-finance, and banks have attributed starting small enterprises such as grocery stores, restaurants, goat-keeping, poultry farming, and other income-generating activities such as tailoring. Caste and ethnic affiliation traditionally used to play a strong role in economic status and LS choice in Nepal [73]. The results showed that households in the Brahmin and Tharu communities are less likely to adopt lucrative LS than those in the Janajati, Chhetri, and Dalit communities.…”

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Household Livelihood Strategies and Implication for Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Central Nepal

Khatiwada

Deng

Paudel³

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Sustainability

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Abstract:Understanding household livelihood strategies is pivotal to minimize rural poverty in the least developed countries like Nepal. This study is an attempt to assess livelihood strategies pursued by rural households, investigate the most remunerative strategy, and identify the factors that influence a household's choice of better strategies in rural Nepal. Primary data collected in 453 households from three villages of central Nepal are analyzed quantitatively within a sustainable livelihood framework. This study categorized households into five main livelihood strategy groups. The results showed that the majority (61%) of the households diversified their income to non-farm sources. Livelihood diversification to business/enterprise strategies adopted by 16% of the households is the most remunerative strategy followed by commercial farming that includes 13% of the sample and are more relevant to poverty reduction. Land holding, education, agriculture and skill training, access to credit, and proximity to the road and market center are the major influencing factors on the adoption of higher returning livelihood strategies. Stimulating poor households to follow market-oriented farm and non-farm activities by improving access to education, vocational training, rural credit, and rural infrastructures is momentous for reducing poverty in the rural areas of central Nepal.

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Section: Determinants Of Livelihood Strategymentioning

confidence: 91%

Household Livelihood Strategies and Implication for Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Central Nepal

Khatiwada

Deng

Paudel³

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141

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“…Gorenburg (2000) revealed that support for nationalism within an ethnic group is neither constant nor random. To what extent caste classification depends on context has been reported by Levine (1987) and Berreman (1972). Brubaker et al (2006) show in their study of an ethnically mixed town in Transylvania that despite elite-level nationalist discourses against the ethnic minority, ordinary people of both the majority and minority do not seem to be preoccupied very much by questions of ethnic differences.…”

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Practising Citizenship and Heterogeneous Nationhood : Naturalisations in Swiss Municipalities

Helbling¹

2008

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A m s t e r d a m U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s dissertatioNs imiscoe Practising Citizenship and Heterogeneous Nationhood IMISCOE (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion) IMISCOE is a Network of Excellence uniting over 500 researchers from various institutes that specialise in migration studies across Europe. Networks of Excellence are cooperative research ventures that were created by the European Commission to help overcome the fragmentation of international studies. They amass a crucial source of knowledge and expertise to help inform European leadership today.Since its foundation in 2004, IMISCOE has advanced an integrated, multidisciplinary and globally comparative research programme to address the themes specified in its name, short for: International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe. IMISCOE members come from all branches of the economic and social sciences, the humanities and law. The Network draws from existing studies and advances innovative lines of inquiry key to European policymaking and governance. Priority is placed on developing a theoretical design to promote new research and offer practical alternatives for sound policy.The IMISCOE -Amsterdam University Press Series was created to make the Network's findings and results available to researchers, policymakers, the media and the public at large. High-quality manuscripts authored by IMISCOE members and cooperating partners are published in one of four distinct series.Research Reports Dissertations TextbooksThe RESEARCH series presents empirical and theoretical scholarship addressing issues of international migration, integration and social cohesion in Europe. Authored by experts in the field, the works provide a rich reference source for researchers and other concerned parties.The REPORTS series responds to needs for knowledge within IMISCOE's mandated fields of migration research. Compiled by leading specialists, the works disseminate succinct and timely information for European policymakers, practitioners and other stakeholders.The DISSERTATIONS series showcases select PhD monographs written by IMI-SCOE doctoral candidates. The works span an array of fields within studies of international migration, integration and social cohesion in Europe.The TEXTBOOKS series produces manuals, handbooks and other didactic tools developed by specialists in migration studies. The works are used within the IMISCOE training programme and for educational purposes by academic institutes worldwide.IMISCOE Policy Briefs and more information on the Network can be found at www.imiscoe.org. Practising Citizenship and Heterogeneous Nationhood Naturalisations in Swiss MunicipalitiesMarc Helbling IMISCOE Dissertations

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“…Further, the caste/ethnic identity of others is readily identifiable for most Nepalis, either from surnames or contextual information. The particular salience of caste and ethnic identity in Nepal can be traced back to the Rana regime and the Muluki Ain, which formalized the orthodox Hindu ideology and classifications of Prithvi Narayan Shah (Hofer, 1979;Levine, 1987). This effectively fused the religious notion of the dharmasutras to the civil and criminal laws of Nepal (Hofer, 1979;Gellner, 2007), creating legal separation between the elite wearers of sacred thread (Tagadhari) and the alcohol-consuming classes (Matwali).…”

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Rebuilding institutional legitimacy in post-conflict societies: a case study of Nepal

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Legitimacy refers to the perceived rightfulness of authorities, and is central to citizens' perceptions of institutions such as the government. Legitimate authority is linked to acceptance of institutions and long-term stability of societies. As such, rebuilding the legitimacy of institutions such as the government and judiciary ('institutional legitimacy') is essential for stability in post-conflict societies. In this thesis, I explore the factors that lead citizens to view their government as legitimate following the reconstruction of central government institutions after a conflict. I draw on sociological, political science, social psychological and statebuilding theories to develop and present a theoretical model of post-conflict legitimacy.The model has three key components. The first encompasses relational and instrumental antecedents of legitimacy. Relational antecedents encompass fair and neutral decision-making, as well as respectful and dignified treatment, and are referred to collectively as procedural justice. Instrumental antecedents are those which involve outcomes to citizens, and include distributive justice (fairness in outcome distribution), outcome favourability (personal gain in outcomes), and government performance (the ability of the government to function effectively and provide services to citizens). These main variables are investigated along with contingencies relating to social groups that may influence the relationship between procedural justice and legitimacy, such as national identification and group power. Testing of the first model component revealed that procedural justice was by far the strongest predictor of post-conflict institutional legitimacy, and was significantly stronger than instrumental variables such as distributive justice, government performance, and outcome favourability. Further, the relationship between procedural justice and legitimacy was moderated by national identification and group power, suggesting that procedural justice operates through social identity to exert its positive effect. Moreover, the effect of procedural justice on government legitimacy was not simply due to trust and performance perceptions of local institutions, and was not diminished by the government's ability to provide essential services (as predicted by the statebuilding literature). 4Testing of the second model component revealed that two elements of local ownership-voice and local influence-weakly predicted legitimacy, with these relationships varying according to participants' position in the Nepalese caste hierarchy.Testing of the third model component revealed a significant social interaction effect, such that citizens' legitimacy beliefs are influenced by the legitimacy views of those around them. This effect persisted even when demographic, regional, and individual-level variables were controlled.This thesis concludes that procedural justice is more predictive of post-conflict institutional legitimacy than instrumental outcomes. Further, the relationship appears to operat...

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Caste, State, and Ethnic Boundaries in Nepal

Cited by 98 publications

References 10 publications

Household Livelihood Strategies and Implication for Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Central Nepal

Household Livelihood Strategies and Implication for Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Central Nepal

Practising Citizenship and Heterogeneous Nationhood : Naturalisations in Swiss Municipalities

Rebuilding institutional legitimacy in post-conflict societies: a case study of Nepal

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