Ethnic Politics Does it unroll from exclusion and identity crisis?

This book, based on a research study, explores and analyzes whether exclusion and search for social identity lead people towards ethnic politics. Theories showing linkages of social exclusion and identity assertions with ethnic politics were used along with a supplementing theory of ethnic nepotism. People's joining of Tamsaling Party, a party largely based on Tamang community of Nepal, has been interpreted as the ethnic politics. Major findings of the research were: (a) search for social identity (M= 4.26) is a stronger motivation than social exclusion (M= 4.10) driving people towards ethnic politics, (b) among 4 exclusion factors, administrative exclusion (M= 4.30) is the greatest factor leading people towards ethnic politics; followed by political, educational and economic exclusions, respectively.

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The author is a Nepalese journalist and writer focusing on issues of public policy and international relations. His interests include promoting democratic governance and rule of law in fragile as well as sophisticated societies across the world. Democracy may not be the best system but it has no alternative - this is what he strongly believes in.