Ethnicity, Security, and Separatism in India
Title | Ethnicity, Security, and Separatism in India PDF eBook |
Author | Maya Chadda |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780231107372 |
A hallmark of Indian politics, ethnic tension have escalated dramatically since the 1980s, endangering India's unity as a sovereign democracy. Although a succession of governments has attempted to resolve them, these conflicts have weakened India's role as the dominant power in the region. This work examines the connections between internal and external policy and explores the ways in which domestic tensions, particularly arising from ethnic and sectarian heterogenity, shape India's role in the region. The book studies movements in Punjab, Kashmir and Tamil Nadu, which escalated throughout the 1980s and influenced India's relations with Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It argues that India does not seek hegemony in South Asia; instead it acts to protect its nation-building efforts from similar problems faced by neighbouring countries. Paradoxically, this goal requires India to intervene in neighbouring countries ethnic conflicts.
Ethnicity, Security, and Separatism in India
Title | Ethnicity, Security, and Separatism in India PDF eBook |
Author | Maya Chadda |
Publisher | |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Ethnicity |
ISBN | 9780195642407 |
Age of Secession
Title | Age of Secession PDF eBook |
Author | Ryan D. Griffiths |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 283 |
Release | 2016-10-27 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1107161622 |
A novel analysis of secessionist movements, explaining state response, the likelihood of conflict, and the proliferation of states since 1945.
Federalism and Ethnic Conflict Regulation in India and Pakistan
Title | Federalism and Ethnic Conflict Regulation in India and Pakistan PDF eBook |
Author | K. Adeney |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2016-01-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0230601944 |
Katharine Adeney demonstrates that institutional design is the most important explanatory variable in understanding the different intensity and types of conflict in the two countries rather than the role of religion. Adeney examines the extent to which previous constitutional choices explain current day conflicts.
Why India Matters
Title | Why India Matters PDF eBook |
Author | Maya Chadda |
Publisher | Lynne Rienner Pub |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781626370395 |
Why is India¿s rise on the world stage so controversial? How can a state that is losing authority to its regions at the same time grow in international importance? Exploring an apparent paradox, Maya Chadda shows how culture, politics, wealth, and policy have combined to forge a distinctive Indian path to power, both nationally and in the international arena.
Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics
Title | Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Paul R. Brass |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 708 |
Release | 2010-04-30 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1134078579 |
The Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics examines key issues in politics of the five independent states of the South Asian region: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Written by experts in their respective areas, this Handbook introduces the reader to the politics of South Asia by presenting the prevailing agreements and disagreements in the literature. In the first two sections, the Handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the modern political history of the states of the region and an overview of the independence movements in the former colonial states. The other sections focus on the political changes that have occurred in the postcolonial states since independence, as well as the successive political changes in Nepal during the same period, and the structure and functioning of the main governmental and non-governmental institutions, including the structure of the state itself (unitary or federal), political parties, the judiciary, and the military. Further, the contributors explore several aspects of the political process and political and economic change, especially issues of pluralism and national integration, political economy, corruption and criminalization of politics, radical and violent political movements, and the international politics of the region as a whole. This unique reference work provides a comprehensive survey of the state of the field and is an invaluable resource for students and academics interested in South Asian Studies, South Asian Politics, Comparative Politics and International Relations.
South Asia's Cold War
Title | South Asia's Cold War PDF eBook |
Author | Rajesh M. Basrur |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 185 |
Release | 2008-04-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134165315 |
This book is a groundbreaking analysis of the India-Pakistan nuclear confrontation as a form of ‘cold war’ – that is, a hostile relationship between nuclear rivals. Drawing on nuclear rivalries between similar pairs, the work examines the rise, process and potential end of the Cold War between India and Pakistan.