Security Community in South Asia : India - Pakistan

ISBN-13: 9780415531504 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 192 str.

Muhammad Shoaib Pervez

Opis

The security relationship between India and Pakistan is generally viewed through a neo-realist approach of international relations. Treading on a different path, this book explains the rivalry of these countries by looking at the socio-cultural norms found at two levels, elites versus popular.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. The India-Pakistan conflict: Social constructivism versus neo-realism neo-liberalism 3. The social constructivist security dilemma and the security community: the popular and elites’ social practices 4. The identities of India and Pakistan in the formative phase of state building: ideology as a key identity signifier 5. The Kashmir dispute: the quest of India and Pakistan identities and Kashmiriyat, the estranged Kashmir identity 6. India-Pakistan nuclear rivalry: the influence of ideology upon elites' social practices 7. Exploration of norms for a hypothetical security community between India and Pakistan 8. Conclusion

O autorze

Muhammad Shoaib Pervez is Associate Professor and the Chair of Department of Political Science and IR at University of Management and Technology Lahore, Pakistan, and also a former post-doctoral Fulbright Fellow at SIPA, Columbia University, New York, USA