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How Homogenous are the Madhesis? Implications for Inclusive and Affirmative Agendas

The Journal of Development and Administrative Studies

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Title How Homogenous are the Madhesis? Implications for Inclusive and Affirmative Agendas
 
Creator Subedi, Madhusudan; Patan Academy of Health Sciences and MPhil programme in Central Department of Sociology, Tribhuvan University
Gautam, Tika Ram; MA and M.Phil. programme in Sociology, TU
 
Subject Economics
Tarai/Madhesi, Ethnicity, Inclusion, Exclusion, Inequality
 
Description  Ethnicity, social inclusion/exclusion and inequality have been much more important and also equally debatable issues in contemporary Nepal. Some scholars (Bhattachan, 2009, 1995; Gurung, 1997; Gurung, 2012; Lawoti, 2005, 2012; Mabuhang, 2012) argue Bahuns, particularly hill Bahuns is the most privileged group with highest access to resources and opportunities and all other non-Brahmans such as Janajatis, Dalits, Madheshi, Muslims, and so on are the most deprived/excluded groups with least access to resources and opportunities. This paper, in contrast, based on NSII(2014) data, argues that Madhesis is neither a single nor a homogeneous group rather it is a broader caste/ethnic category which includes a number of Tarai/Madhesh caste/ethnic groups distinctly different from each other in terms of education, health, economy and politics. Some caste/ethnic groups, within Tarai/Madhesh groups or Madhesis, have better access to resources and opportunities and other Tarai/Madhesh groups have poor access to resources and opportunities. This kind of intra-group inequality can also be observed within all caste/ethnic groups of Tarai/Madhesh; Tarai Brahman/Chhetri, Tarai Dalit, Tarai Janajati, other Tarai Castes, and Muslims including heterogeneous Bahuns (Gautam, 2015). Therefore, Madhesis, as broader Tarai/Madhesh caste/ethnic group, is neither a single nor a homogeneous group rather it is a heterogeneous category with wider inter-group inequality in terms of access to resources and opportunities. The Journal of Development and Administrative Studies (JODAS), Vol. 24 (1-2), pp. 25-38
 
Publisher Centre for Economic Development and Administration (CEDA)
 
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Date 2018-04-23
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JODAS/article/view/19665
10.3126/jodas.v24i1-2.19665
 
Source Journal of Development and Administrative Studies; Vol 24, No 1-2 (2016); 25-38
2091-0339
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JODAS/article/view/19665/16100
 
Coverage Nepal
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