The Caste System in Nepal - According to the youth Anslag: 70.095 Afleveringsdato: 17 Januar 2014 Sociologi og Kulturanalyse Samfundsfagligt Fakultet Syddansk Universitet Esbjerg Semesterprojekt – 5. Semester Vejleder: Stine Piilgaard Porner Nielsen Ida Lykke Jensen Zalla Mandozai Ida Lykke Jensen The Caste System in Nepal 17.01.2013 Zalla Mandozai - According to the youth 5. Semester Tro og love erklæring ”Det erklæres herved på tro og love, at undertegnede egenhændigt og selvstændigt har udformet denne rapport. Alle citater i teksten er markeret som sådanne, og rapporten eller væsentlige dele af den har ikke tidligere været fremlagt i anden bedømmelsessammenhæng.” Ida Lykke Jensen Zalla Mandozai 2 Ida Lykke Jensen The Caste System in Nepal 17.01.2013 Zalla Mandozai - According to the youth 5. Semester Index 1.0 Problem Field ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Thesis Statement .................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Reader’s Guide ................................................................................................................................................. 6 2.0 Human Rights ........................................................................................................................................ 7 3.0 Background of Nepal .......................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Historical Background .................................................................................................................................. 7 3.2 People, religion and caste ............................................................................................................................ 8 3.2.1 Caste ................................................................................................................................................................. 9 4.0 Literature Study ................................................................................................................................... 9 4.1 Caste Discrimination and Human Rights ............................................................................................. 10 4.2 Unequal Citizens: Gender, Caste and Ethnic Exclusion in Nepal .................................................. 10 4.3 Caste, Ethnicity and Inequality in Nepal ............................................................................................... 11 4.4. Recasting Justice: Securing Dalit Rights in Nepal’s New Constitution ...................................... 11 5.0 Theory Section ................................................................................................................................... 12 5.1 Anthony Giddens ........................................................................................................................................... 12 5.1.1 Theory of Structure ............................................................................................................................................... 12 Social Practice ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Agent ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Structure ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Social System ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 5.2 Pierre Bourdieu ............................................................................................................................................. 14 5.2.1 The forms of Capital.............................................................................................................................................. 14 Cultural Capital.................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Social Capital ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Symbolic Capital ................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 5.2.2 Habitus ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15 5.3 Hannah Arendt .............................................................................................................................................. 16 6.0. Method Section ................................................................................................................................. 16 6.1 Case description ............................................................................................................................................ 16 6.2 Data and methods of data collection ..................................................................................................... 17 6.2.1 Interview ................................................................................................................................................................... 17 6.2.1.1 Interview Guide ................................................................................................................................................................... 18 6.2.1.2 Introduction to the Interviewees ................................................................................................................................. 19 6.2.2 Observation .............................................................................................................................................................. 19 6.3 Processing the Data...................................................................................................................................... 20 6.3.1 Theory of Science ................................................................................................................................................... 21 6.4 Data Analysis Strategy ................................................................................................................................ 22 7.0 Analysis ................................................................................................................................................ 22 7.1 Capital and habitus ...................................................................................................................................... 22 7.2 Discrimination based on the caste system .......................................................................................... 26 7.3 The View and Future of the Caste System ............................................................................................ 28 8.0 Discussion ........................................................................................................................................... 30 9.0 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................... 31 10.0 Perspective ....................................................................................................................................... 32 11.0 Bibliography .................................................................................................................................... 33 3 Ida Lykke Jensen The Caste System in Nepal 17.01.2013 Zalla Mandozai - According to the youth 5. Semester Article ....................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Books ........................................................................................................................................................................ 33 Report ...................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Websites .................................................................................................................................................................. 36 12.0 Group evaluation ............................................................................................................................ 37 12.1 Ida evaluation .............................................................................................................................................. 38 12.2 Zalla evaluation .......................................................................................................................................... 38 13.0 Annex