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PublisherSAGE Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-108178298708

ISBN-139788178298702

eBay Product ID (ePID)71681965

Product Key Features

Number of Pages352 Pages

Publication NameInternational Relations in South Asia : Search for an Alternative Paradigm

LanguageEnglish

SubjectInternational Relations / General, World / Asian

Publication Year2008

TypeTextbook

AuthorNavnita Chadha Behera

Subject AreaPolitical Science

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight18.1 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2008-031649

ReviewsThis book is a necessary reading for all the policy makers and academics interested in developing international relations as a discipline in the country., [This book] is one such intellectual endeavour by a devoted group of IR scholars in search of new paradigm and, as such it is most welcome...The book is full of a variety of new approaches with potential for theory building...I commend the book to all the aspiring and established researchers and teachers of IR all over the world, especially in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The book is a must for all research libraries and think tanks in India and in the West., This book probes alternative methods to comprehend international relations in the region through critical theories, post-colonial traditions of thought and feminist approaches.

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal327.54

Table Of ContentInternational Relations in South Asia: State of the Art - Navnita Chadha Behera Distant Futures and Alternative Presents for South Asia - Sohail Inayatullah Identity without Exceptionalism: Challenges for Asian Political and International Studies - Amitav Acharya Our Region Their Theories: A Case for Critical Security Studies in South Asia - Haider K NizamaniPluralism, Democracy and Ethnic Conflict Resolution: Possibilities in Sri Lanka for State Re-making - Jayadeva UyangodaThe Westphalian State in South Asia and Future Directions - Mijarul Quayes Nepal: From Authoritarianism to Democracy - Ganga Bahadur ThapaIntra-state/Inter-state Conflicts in South Asia:The Constructivist Alternative to Realism - Shibashis ChatterjeeThe Agent-structure Problem and Indias External Security Policy - Varun Sahni Can Non-provocative Defense Work for Pakistan? - Ayesha Siddiqa Exploring the Linkages between Rights and Security in South Asia - Neera ChandhokeStates in Crisis, Subalternity and Security Stakes: The Case for a Track-Three Strategy in South Asia - Anand Aditya A Critique of Contemporary Liberal IR Theory from a South Asian Standpoint - A K Ramakrishnan Stripping Women, Securing the Sovereign National Body: The State of Exception in Everyday Life - Mangalika De SilvaIndex

SynopsisInternational Relations in South Asia: Search for an Alternative Paradigm, discusses how constructivism, critical theory, post-colonial traditions of thought and feminist approaches offer alternative ways to understand international politics in South Asia. The book captures contemporary thinking and fresh perspectives from Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India., This collection explores state of the art methods to understand International Relations in South Asia, from disciplinary, pedagogic and epistemological standpoints. It probes alternative methods to comprehend international politics in the region: through constructivism, critical theories, post-colonial traditions of thought and feminist approaches. International Relations in South Asia: Search for an Alternative Paradigm offers perspectives from various Asian countries like Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India and captures contemporary thinking with articles that are being published for the first time. It is a compelling read for researchers and academicians working in the fields of Political Science, International Relations, Strategic/Security Studies and South Asian Studies.

LC Classification NumberDS341.I584 2008