TY - BOOK AU - BOHARA Alok K AU - MITCHELL Neil J AU - NEPAL Mani TI - Opportunity, democracy, and the exchange of political violence: a subnational analysis of violence in Nepal PY - 2006/// KW - NEPAL KW - INSURGENCY KW - POLITICAL VIOLENCE KW - CIVIL WAR KW - HUMAN RIGHTS N2 - Study of the paradox of Nepal's move towards democracy which has been accompanied by increasing political violence both from below in the form of a Maoist insurgency, and from above in the form of the imposition of direct rule by the King. This paper attempts to identify factors which influence the use of violence for political ends including geography, democracy, and social capital ER -