{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3167769296","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2021.1937060","title":"Marginal gains: borderland dynamics, political settlements, and shifting centre-periphery relations in post-war Nepal","display_name":"Marginal gains: borderland dynamics, political settlements, and shifting centre-periphery relations in post-war Nepal","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-06-04","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3167769296","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2021.1937060","mag":"3167769296"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/09584935.2021.1937060","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2021.1937060","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2021.1937060","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S139338994","display_name":"Contemporary South Asia","issn_l":"0958-4935","issn":["0958-4935","1469-364X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547","https://openalex.org/P4310320449"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis","Informa"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Contemporary South Asia","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2021.1937060","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5074583335","display_name":"Jonathan Goodhand","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2036-0655","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2036-0655"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I124357947","display_name":"University of London","ror":"https://ror.org/04cw6st05","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I31575130","display_name":"SOAS University of London","ror":"https://ror.org/04vrxay34","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I31575130"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jonathan Goodhand","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Oriental and African Studies London, Department of Development Studies, University of London, London, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Oriental and African Studies London, Department of Development Studies, University of London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I31575130"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5068690019","display_name":"Oliver Walton","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4587-226X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4587-226X"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I51601045","display_name":"University of Bath","ror":"https://ror.org/002h8g185","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I51601045"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Oliver Walton","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, UK"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4587-226X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I51601045"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5003777020","display_name":"Jayanta Rai","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I124357947","display_name":"University of London","ror":"https://ror.org/04cw6st05","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I31575130","display_name":"SOAS University of London","ror":"https://ror.org/04vrxay34","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I31575130"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jayanta Rai","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Oriental and African Studies London, Department of Development Studies, University of London, London, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Oriental and African Studies London, Department of Development Studies, University of London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I31575130"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5056333180","display_name":"Sujeet Karn","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I155028946","display_name":"Tribhuvan University","ror":"https://ror.org/02rg1r889","country_code":"NP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I155028946"]}],"countries":["NP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sujeet Karn","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Social Work, Tribhuban University, Kirtipur, Nepal"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Social Work, Tribhuban University, Kirtipur, Nepal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I155028946"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5068690019"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I51601045"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.7515,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":12,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.90911546,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":93,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"29","issue":"3","first_page":"311","last_page":"329"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13956","display_name":"Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal","score":0.9018999934196472,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3317","display_name":"Demography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13956","display_name":"Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal","score":0.9018999934196472,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3317","display_name":"Demography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13029","display_name":"South Asian Studies and Conflicts","score":0.03530000150203705,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12263","display_name":"Peacebuilding and International Security","score":0.019200000911951065,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/center-periphery-relations","display_name":"center-periphery relations","score":0.9599999785423279},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/borderlands","display_name":"borderlands","score":0.7559999823570251},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-settlement","display_name":"political settlement","score":0.878000020980835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/post-war-transition","display_name":"postwar transition","score":0.8389999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nepal","display_name":"Nepal","score":0.8259999752044678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/state-reorganization","display_name":"state restructuring","score":0.6359999775886536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/elite-capture","display_name":"elite capture","score":0.8980000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transitional-justice","display_name":"transitional justice","score":0.8349999785423279},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/contentious-politics","display_name":"contentious politics","score":0.9300000071525574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/marginalized-communities","display_name":"marginalized communities","score":0.652999997138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/regional-disparities","display_name":"regional disparities","score":0.5149999856948853}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775987171","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192797","display_name":"Elite","level":3,"score":0.7735220789909363},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C45237549","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1376796","display_name":"Restructuring","level":2,"score":0.6996719837188721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.6478558778762817},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C16678853","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486972","display_name":"Human settlement","level":2,"score":0.6430180668830872},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199776023","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202875","display_name":"Negotiation","level":2,"score":0.5421202778816223},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48103436","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599031","display_name":"State (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.5374465584754944},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138921699","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47555","display_name":"Political economy","level":1,"score":0.5339654088020325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.5134009122848511},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779621654","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q845562","display_name":"Transitional justice","level":3,"score":0.43408268690109253},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163258240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25342","display_name":"Power (physics)","level":2,"score":0.4240581691265106},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.3874770998954773},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47768531","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1127188","display_name":"Development economics","level":1,"score":0.37492993474006653},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136264566","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159810","display_name":"Economy","level":1,"score":0.32400622963905334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.22150474786758423},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.19753092527389526},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.1152900755405426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1080/09584935.2021.1937060","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2021.1937060","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2021.1937060","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S139338994","display_name":"Contemporary South Asia","issn_l":"0958-4935","issn":["0958-4935","1469-364X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547","https://openalex.org/P4310320449"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis","Informa"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Contemporary South Asia","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:jupiter.its.unimelb.edu.au:11343/298053","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/11343/298053","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196259","display_name":"Minerva Access (University of Melbourne)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I165779595","host_organization_name":"The University of Melbourne","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165779595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Journal Article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/09584935.2021.1937060","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2021.1937060","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2021.1937060","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S139338994","display_name":"Contemporary South Asia","issn_l":"0958-4935","issn":["0958-4935","1469-364X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547","https://openalex.org/P4310320449"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis","Informa"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Contemporary South Asia","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","score":0.9200000166893005,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G34675026","display_name":"Living on the Margins: Using literary comics to understand the role of borderland brokers in post-war transitions","funder_award_id":"AH/P008216/1","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334609","funder_display_name":"Arts and Humanities Research Council"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3495439557","display_name":"Borderlands, Brokers and Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka and Nepal: War to Peace Transitions viewed from the margins","funder_award_id":"ES/M011046/1","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334630","funder_display_name":"Economic and Social Research Council"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334609","display_name":"Arts and Humanities Research Council","ror":"https://ror.org/0505m1554"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334630","display_name":"Economic and Social Research Council","ror":"https://ror.org/03n0ht308"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":38,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W127891297","https://openalex.org/W561686183","https://openalex.org/W626565105","https://openalex.org/W652878443","https://openalex.org/W1522391414","https://openalex.org/W1607411824","https://openalex.org/W1801852138","https://openalex.org/W1973276944","https://openalex.org/W1980365562","https://openalex.org/W1985584976","https://openalex.org/W1998444851","https://openalex.org/W2069646417","https://openalex.org/W2073157649","https://openalex.org/W2076609166","https://openalex.org/W2089029652","https://openalex.org/W2125491572","https://openalex.org/W2268047011","https://openalex.org/W2274590029","https://openalex.org/W2274606467","https://openalex.org/W2478480266","https://openalex.org/W2550202372","https://openalex.org/W2569629288","https://openalex.org/W2574685627","https://openalex.org/W2595629414","https://openalex.org/W2598727294","https://openalex.org/W2612552140","https://openalex.org/W2624006360","https://openalex.org/W2763935038","https://openalex.org/W2777298675","https://openalex.org/W2804000954","https://openalex.org/W2806269566","https://openalex.org/W2886997379","https://openalex.org/W2899091704","https://openalex.org/W3038504100","https://openalex.org/W3047947142","https://openalex.org/W4211262708","https://openalex.org/W4247255005","https://openalex.org/W4251154589"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4414407449","https://openalex.org/W4283374614","https://openalex.org/W2945583695","https://openalex.org/W2908497053","https://openalex.org/W2527695451","https://openalex.org/W6964511575","https://openalex.org/W788550184","https://openalex.org/W2905444236","https://openalex.org/W6891694607","https://openalex.org/W2122372789"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"post-war":[1,33,79],"transitions,":[2],"how":[3,78,89],"do":[4],"centre-periphery":[5,62],"relations":[6,63],"change,":[7],"and":[8,48,72,88,109,125,131,140],"what":[9],"is":[10],"the":[11,16,19,36,70,92,105],"role":[12],"of":[13,18,85,127],"actors":[14],"at":[15,91,104],"margins":[17,93],"state":[20,68,118],"in":[21,55,61],"negotiating":[22],"these":[23,28,56,113],"changes?":[24],"This":[25],"article":[26,51],"explores":[27],"questions":[29],"by":[30],"examining":[31],"Nepal\u2019s":[32],"transition":[34],"following":[35],"2006":[37],"Comprehensive":[38],"Peace":[39],"Agreement":[40],"focusing":[41],"on":[42],"three":[43],"borderland":[44,143],"districts":[45,57],"(Saptari,":[46],"Bardiya":[47],"Dolpa).":[49],"The":[50,75,107],"analyses":[52],"contrasting":[53],"dynamics":[54],"to":[58,101,112,122],"highlight":[59],"changes":[60],"across":[64],"several":[65],"areas":[66],"including":[67],"reform,":[69],"economy,":[71],"transitional":[73],"justice.":[74],"analysis":[76],"shows":[77],"transitions":[80],"often":[81],"generate":[82],"new":[83],"forms":[84],"contentious":[86],"politics,":[87],"groups":[90],"can":[94],"push":[95],"back":[96],"against":[97],"emerging":[98],"political":[99],"settlements":[100],"reshape":[102],"politics":[103],"centre.":[106],"ambiguities":[108],"contradictions":[110],"inherent":[111],"processes":[114,120],"are":[115],"explored,":[116],"with":[117,135],"restructuring":[119],"susceptible":[121],"elite":[123],"capture,":[124],"re-balancing":[126],"power":[128],"between":[129],"centre":[130],"periphery":[132],"also":[133],"coinciding":[134],"continuing":[136],"or":[137],"increased":[138],"divisions":[139],"inequalities":[141],"within":[142],"regions.":[144]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-03T10:50:19.383937","created_date":"2021-06-22T00:00:00"}