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This paper examines how economic and political grievances escalated into conflict in Nepal from 1996 to 2006. The author argues that the conditions for violence were present throughout the history of Nepal, but only escalated into conflict with the emergence of the Communist Party Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) in 1990. He contends that economic deterioration and inequality as well as the ideological construction of the CPN-M proved powerful factors in the mobilization of the Maoist movement and concludes that is imperative that the party is allowed to play an integral role in the process to restructure the state of Nepal.