SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

OCCASIONAL PAPERS IN

SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

VOLUME 10

Observations on the Changing Societal Mosaic ofNepal

EDITORS Ram Bahadur Chhetri

Laya Prasad Uprety

Central Department of Sociology and Anthropology TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY

Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

2007

CONTENTS

1. Editorial: Observations on the Changing Societal Mosaic of Nepal

Ram B. Chhetri and Laya P. Uprety

6. All in the Family: Money, Kinship and Theravada 141 Monasticism in Nepal

David N. Gel/ner and Sarah Le Vine

5. Outcastes in an "Egalitarian" Society: TamanglBlacksmith 124 Relations from Tamang Perspective

David Holmberg

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7. History and Significance of National Development 174 Service (NOS): Creating 'Civil Space' and Commitment to Service in Nepal During the 1970s

Don Messerschmidt, Gautam Yadama and Bhuvan Silwal 4. Border Towns in the Tarai: Sites of Migration

Sondra

Hausner

3. The Decade ofYiolent Destabilisation in Nepal:

An Analysis of its Historical Background and Trajectory Tone Bleie

2. Sociology in Nepal: Underdevelopment amidst Growth Chaitanya Mishra

Year of Publication 2007 Volume 10

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