Human and international security in India

With its common colonial experience, an overarching cultural unity despite apparent diversities, and issues of nation-building cutting across national frontiers, South Asia offers a critical site on which to develop a discourse on regional security that centres on the notion of human security. This...

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Other Authors: Bates, Crispin (Editor), Bates, Crispin, 1958- (-), Mio, Minoru, Tanabe, Akio, 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Taylor & Francis 2016
2016.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Routledge new horizons in South Asian studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Notes on contributors; Introduction: looking back on human and international security in India since independence; 1 The paradoxes of Indian politics: a dialogue between political science and history; 2 India's foreign relations: an overview; 3 The transformation of India's external posture and its relationship with China; 4 India's macroeconomic performance in the long run; 5 Public health and human security in India: poised for positive change; 6 Being Muslim in India today
  • 7 Democracy and violence in India: the example of Bihar8 Microfinance and gender: the Magalir Thittam in Tamil Nadu; 9 Rural lives and livelihoods: perceptions of security in a Rajasthan village; 10 As hierarchies wane: explaining intercaste accommodation in rural India; 11 Epilogue: human and international security in an age of new risks and opportunities; Index