Social science news from and about Nepal

August 2020 | Vol 2, No 6

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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NEW PUBLICATIONS

Journals

Interdisciplinary Research in Education
Vol 4, No 2, 2019
(published June 2020)
Central Department
of Education, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu

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Studies in
Nepali History
and Society

Vol 25, No 1, 2020
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Tribhuvan University Journal
Vol 33, No 1, 2019
(published May 2020)
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The Third Pole
Journal of Geography Education
Vol 18-19, 2019
(published July 2020)
Department of Geography Education,
Central Department of Education,
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
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Books

Simultaneous Identities
Language, Education, and the Nepali Nation
Uma Pradhan
Cambridge University Press, 2020
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Impact of Earthquake on Rural Schools in Nepal
Earthquake Concerns, Consequences, and Challenges

Boby Joseph
Lambert Academic Publishing, 2020

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The Transition in Nepal
Discussion of
Sociological Perspectives

Pratap Sharma
Lambert Academic Publishing, 2020
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Principles and Practices of Food Security
Sustainable, Sufficient, and Safe Food for Healthy Living in Nepal
Edited by Drona P. Rasali, Prem B. Bhandari, Uma Karki, Megha N. Parajulee, Ram N. Acharya & Raju Adhikari
Association of Nepalese Agricultural Professionals
of Americas, 2020
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Journal Articles

Disaster Financialization
Earthquakes, Cashflows and Shifting Household Economies in Nepal
Philippe Le Billon, Manoj Suji,
Jeevan Baniya, Bina Limbu, Dinesh Paudel,
Katharine Rankin, Nabin Rawal
Sara Shneiderman

Development and Change, 51:4, 2020
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COVID-19 in Nepal
Times of Anxiety and Fear
Mukta S.
Tamang
Special issue Pandemic Asia Part II,
The Asia-Pacific Journal
, 18:15, 2020
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Newly Urban Nepal
Hanna A. Ruszczyk

Urban Geography, 2020
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Before the Dust Settled
Is Nepal’s 2015 Settlement
a Seismic Constitution?

Michael Hutt
Conflict, Security & Development, 20:3, 2020
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(Shrinking) Civic Space in Nepal
Concerns Among
Indigenous People’s Organizations

Uttam Uprety
Forum for Development Studies, 2020
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Who Adopts Agroforestry
in a Subsistence Economy?
Lessons from the Terai of Nepal

Arun Dhakal & Rajesh Kumar Rai
Forests, 11:5, 2020
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The Value of Sub-National Data
The Dynamics of Contentious Politics in Nepal
Belén González & Johannes Vüllers
International Area Studies Review, 2020
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Book Chapters

The Affective Potentialities and Politics of Ethnicity, Inc. in Restructuring Nepal
Social Science, Sovereignty, and Signification
Sara Shneiderman
In Ethnicity, Commodity, In/Corporation,
edited by George Paul Meiu, Jean Comaroff
& John L. Comaroff
Indiana University Press, 2020
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Food Security and Sustainable Livelihood Framework
Prem B. Bhandari, Lila B. Karki
& Drona P. Rasali
In Principles and Practices of Food Security: Sustainable, Sufficient, and Safe Food for Healthy Living in Nepal,
edited by DP Rasali, PB Bhandari, U Karki, MN Parajulee, RN Acharya & R Adhikari
Association of Nepalese Agricultural Professionals of Americas, 2020
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Restructuring of Nepal’s Economy,
Agrarian Change and
Livelihood Outcomes
The Role of Migration and Remittances
Jagannath Adhikari
In South Asia Migration Report 2020: Exploitation, Entrepreneurship and Engagement 
edited by S. Irudaya Rajan
Routledge, 2020
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Diaspora Volunteering
A Tool for Development or a Channel for Diasporic (Re) engagement with
Countries of Origin
A Case Study from Nepal

Nisha Thomas, Matt Baillie Smith
& Nina Laurie
In South Asia Migration Report 2020: Exploitation, Entrepreneurship and Engagement
edited by S. Irudaya Rajan
Routledge, 2020
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Productive vs. Consumptive Uses of Remittances by Households
An Example from Chitwan Valley of Nepal
Prem Bhandari
In South Asia Migration Report 2020: Exploitation, Entrepreneurship and Engagement
edited by S. Irudaya Rajan
Routledge, 2020

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Rituals, Taboos, and Seclusion
Life Stories of Women Navigating Culture and Pushing for Change in Nepal
Jennifer Rothchild & Priti Shrestha Piya
In The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies, edited by Chris Bobel, Inga T. Winkler, Breanne Fahs,
Katie Ann Hasson, Elizabeth Arveda Kissling
& Tomi-Ann Roberts
Palgrave Macmillan, 2020
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‘The Gods Are Angry’
A First-Hand Environmental Account and an Experience of the 2015 Nepal Earthquake in Hindsight towards a New Culture on How to Approach and Live Well with Mother Earth
Falk Huettmann
In Hindu Kush-Himalaya Watersheds Downhill: Landscape Ecology and Conservation Perspectives, edited by Ganga Ram Regmi & Falk Huettmann
Springer, Cham, 2020
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Miscellaneous

COVID-19 and Nepali Labour Migrants
Impacts and Responses
Jeevan Baniya, Sadikshya Bhattarai, Binay Jung Thapa & Vibhav Pradhan
Research Paper X, Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility, Social Science Baha
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A Critical Analysis of the Migration Ban Lifecycle for Women Domestic Workers
in the Indo-Pacific Region

Sophie Henderson, Richa Shivakoti & Matt Withers
Global Human Movement, The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement,
University of Cambridge, 2020

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