Introduction: Monarchy, Democracy, and Maoism in Nepal Michael Hutt
Part I. The Political Context
Radicalism and the Emergence of the Maoists Deepak Thapa
The Maoist Movement: An Evolutionary Perspective Sudheer Sharma
The Nepali State and the Maoist Insurgency, 1996-2001 Krishna Hachhethu
Part II. The Maoists and the People
The Path to Jan Sarkar in Dolakha District: Towards an Ethnography of the Maoist Movement Sara Shneiderman and Mark Turin
Ethnic Demands within Maoism: Questions of Magar Territorial Autonomy, Nationality, and Class Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
Democracy and Duplicity: The Maoists and their Interlocutors in Nepal Pratyoush Onta
Gender Dimensions of the People's War: Some Reflections on the Experiences of Rural Women Mandira Sharma and Dinesh Prasain
Part III. Geopolitical and Comparative Perspectives
High Expectations, Deep Disappointment: Politics, State, and Society in Nepal after 1990 Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka
A Himalayan Red Herring? Maoist Revolution in the Shadow of the Legacy Raj Saubhagya Shah
Maoism in Nepal: Towards a Comparative Perspective Philippe Ramirez
Part IV. Afterwords
The Emergency and Nepal's Political Future Hari Roka
Living between the Maoists and the Army in Rural Nepal Judith Pettigrew
Part V. Appendixes
A. The Forty-point Demand of the United People's Front (February 1996)
B. Full Text of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Beuba's Message to the Nation (27 November 2001)
C. Full Text of King Gyanendra's Address to the Nation (4 October 2002)