PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY IN POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION: NEPALESE PERSPECTIVE OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the knowledge, attitudes and practices on political transformation of Nepalese society through People‘s Liberation Army. A cross-sectional descriptive study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and existing practices on Maoist Led People‘s War. It was felt that the PLAs have knowledge about guerilla war strategy and political war led strategy that is necessary to reform the society from feudalistic to people‘s democratic society. The problem statement of this study was devised as to identify the status, impacts, problems and corrective measures about the PLAs role on socio political transformation. Global evidence and research findings have shown that all conflicts are at risk, and vulnerable environment in community, transformation is difficult to deliver. By reviewing different literatures, thesis, theories, national and international journals related to people‘s war, the researcher made the study more substantive and authentic by incorporating relevant ideas that the researcher gathered through literature review. The researcher followed quantitative as well as qualitative research design with focus on its descriptive cross sectional and phenomenological premise which encompasses ontological, epistemological and methodological assumptions. The ontological framework for this study subscribes to the notion of multiple realities regarding the issue of socio political transformation of the society throught PLAs. The epistemological assumption dwelt on subjective discourse by research participants.