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List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Nepal timeline -- Introduction : Understanding the crisis in Nepal and state failure -- State formation and political transition in Nepal (1768- 2005) -- Ethnicity and politics in Nepal -- Economic crisis and the lack of performance legitimacy -- Maoist insurgency and the militarization of the Nepali polity and society -- Popular uprising 2006 -- Problems and prospects -- Appendix 1 : Nepal : the fundamentals -- Appendix 2 : Memorandum from UNPF to the prime minister -- Appendix 3 : Unofficial translation of the letter of understanding between the seven-party coalition and the Communist Party of Nepal -- Appendix 4 : Unofficial translation of the eight-point agreement between SPA and the CPN (M) -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the authors.