Indian foreign policy the politics of postcolonial identity from, 1947 to 2004

The rise of India as a major power has generated new interest in understanding the drivers of its foreign policy. This book argues that analysing India's foreign and security policies as representational practices which produce India's identity as a postcolonial nation-state helps to illum...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Chacko, Priya (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge 2012.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Interventions (Routledge (Firm))
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Indian Foreign Policy The politics of postcolonial identity from 1947 to 2004; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Permission Acknowledgement; 1 Introduction; PART I India as a 'moral power': 1947-1964; 2 Nuclear technology, disarmament and the ambivalence of postcolonial identity; 3 Rejecting the 'fear complex': constructing an international politics of friendship; 4 From friendship to 'betrayal': the India-China war; PART II Grappling with postcoloniality: 1964-2004; 5 Interventions and explosions: whither an ethical modernity?
  • 6 India in South Asia: danger, desire, friendship and fraternity7 Foreign policy, identity and the BJP: correcting the 'emasculation of state power'?; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index