Multi-Ethnic Citizens in a Multi-Ethnic State: Constructing State-Citizen Relations Through 'Difference' in the Adivasi Janajati Scholarship Programmes in Nepal

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Multi-Ethnic Citizens in a Multi-Ethnic State: Constructing State-Citizen Relations Through 'Difference' in the Adivasi Janajati Scholarship Programmes in Nepal

Pradhan, Uma; (2019) Multi-Ethnic Citizens in a Multi-Ethnic State: Constructing State-Citizen Relations Through 'Difference' in the Adivasi Janajati Scholarship Programmes in Nepal. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies , 42 (5) pp. 937-953. 10.1080/00856401.2019.1645084. Green open access

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Abstract

In 1990, the Constitution of Nepal declared Nepal a multi-ethnic (bahujatiya) country. This newly transformed state promised better inclusion of marginalised groups through special provisions. How has this been operationalised, and what does this mean in practice for the members of the groups concerned? Drawing on fieldwork in the Nepal Foundation for Development of Indigenous Nationalities (NFDIN), this paper argues that the Nepali state’s moral and political obligation to address long-standing concerns about group-based inequalities has opened up intriguing new spaces to perform and redefine state–society relations. Within these new spaces, categories of difference are constantly invoked and experienced, where both the state and citizens come to co-constitute each other in a variety of new ways.

Type:	Article
Title:	Multi-Ethnic Citizens in a Multi-Ethnic State: Constructing State-Citizen Relations Through 'Difference' in the Adivasi Janajati Scholarship Programmes in Nepal
Open access status:	An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI:	10.1080/00856401.2019.1645084
Publisher version:	https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2019.1645084
Language:	English
Additional information:	This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords:	Citizen, difference, education, ethnicity, group-based inequality, Nepal
UCL classification:	UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL
URI:	https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10155662