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Bringing together scholarship from several South Asian countries, this volume understands conflict resolution and cooperation building in the region. The essays cover three inter-related issues-security; political economy-domestic politics; and the construction of identities and normative frameworks. They employ broader social-science theorizing, particularly in relation to political economy, to go beyond conceptualizations based on international relations theory. The volume takes a fresh look at the inter-relationships between issues and their analyses and eschews stand-alone topics such as Kashmir, nuclear policies, or regional cooperation. Combining theory with fieldwork, it provides diverse perspectives and arguments for a more nuanced picture of international relations in South Asia.

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Author:   E. Sridharan (, Academic Director, University of Pennsylvania Institute for Advance Study of India, New Delhi)
Publisher:   OUP India
Imprint:   OUP India
Dimensions:   Width: 14.10cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.486kg
ISBN:  

9780199453429

ISBN 10:   019945342
Pages:   434
Publication Date:   December 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: International Relations Theory and South Asian Regional Cooperation: Security, Political Economy, Domestic Politics, Identities, and Images (E. Sridharan); I. South Asian Security and International Relations Theory; 1. Structural Realism and South Asian Security: Theory and Practice (Shibashis Chatterjee); 2. Economic Cooperation and Security Theory: India and Pakistan (E. Sridharan); 3. Nuclear Deterrence Thinking in Pakistan (Rajesh M. Basrur); 4. American Foreign Policy and South Asian Security: A Decision-making Approach (K.P. Vijayalakshmi); II. Domestic Politics, Political Economy, and Relations between States in South Asia; 5. Unpacking 'National Interest' and 'Foreign Policy': The Interplay of Domestic Factors and Systemic Constraints in South Asia (Mohammed Ayoob); 6. Perceptions, State Policy, and Community Sentiment across National Borders: Pakistani Attitudes towards Indian Muslims (Mohammed Waseem); 7. International Relations Theory and the Political Economy of Trade: India and Pakistan (S. Akbar Zaidi); 8. Gains from Trade and Structural Impediments to India-Pakistan Trade (Asad Sayeed); 9. The Hindutva Worldview and South Asia: Orders, Borders and Others (Sanjay Chaturvedi); III. The Construction of Images, Identities, Worldviews and Normative Frameworks; 10. Deconstruction and Double Reading of the South Asian Security Order (Shibashis Chatterjee); 11. Normative Politics of Regime Formation: Human Rights in the South Asian Context (Siddharth Mallavarapu); 12. A Conspicuous Absence: Social Science Teaching and Research on India in Pakistan (S. Akbar Zaidi); 13. Hybridity, Imaginations and Diasporic Otherness: Challenge for IR Theory (Sanjay Chaturvedi); Notes on Contributors

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E. Sridharan is Academic Director, University of Pennsylvania Institute for Advance Study of India, New Delhi

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