Studies in Nepali History and Society (SINHAS): Vol.13 No.1 June 2008
Author: Edt Pratyoush Onta, Mark Liechty, Seira Tamang, Tatsuro Fujikura
Category: Anthropology   
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In This 25th Issue

- Politics of Citizenship: Madeshi Exclusion
- Social Dimensions of Drug Abuse
- Parentocracy in Basic Education
- Why One-Laptop-per-Child?
- Nepal Police and Social Inclusion
- Organizing Janajati Women
- Book Reviews

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Articles

Special Section: School Education
Parentocracy, Not Meritocracy, in Basic Education of Nepal 1
Dipu Shakya and Shota Hatakeyama
Tackling the Problems of Quality and Disparity
in Nepal’s School Education: The OLPC Model 17
Saurav Dev Bhatta


Social Inclusion in the Nepal Police 49
Tika Ram Rai
Exploring the Social Dimensions of Drug Abuse and
Service Interventions in Nepal 71
Ashish Sinha
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Book Reviews
Clint Rogers, The Lure of Everest: Getting to the Bottom
of Tourism at the Top of the World,
by Mark Liechty 201
Narayan Wagle, Palpasa Café,
by James Sharrock 203
Ajit Baral, Bela Malik, DR Pant, Jagannath Adhikari, Purna Basnet and Usha Titikshu, By the Way: Travels through Nepal’s Conflict,
by Celayne Heaton Shrestha 209
David N. Gellner and Krishna Hachhethu, eds., Local Democracy in South
Asia: Microprocesses of Democratization in Nepal and its Neighbours,
by Ramakanta Tiwari 214
Sudhindra Sharma and Pawan Kumar Sen, Nepal Contemporary Political Situation – V: Opinion Poll Report,
by Chudamani Basnet 221
Sarah LeVine and David N. Gellner, Rebuilding Buddhism: The Theravada Movement in Twentieth-century Nepal,
by Kamal P. Malla 229