Security Community in South Asia: India-Pakistan - Couverture rigide

Pervez, Muhammad

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415531500 ISBN 13 : 9780415531504

Editeur : Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

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. Furthermore, it also conceptualizes a hypothetical India-Pakistan security community that could result in peace in the region.

The book describes how the rivalry between India and Pakistan is mostly centred on the elites of the two countries. It highlights the presence of a unique normative structure through social practices found at the popular level, and looks at how the common people of both India and Pakistan share many socio-cultural norms. Employing the theoretical framework of social constructivist approach of International Relations as well as the methodology of critical discourse analysis, the book discusses how an effort can be made to develop the concept of a bottom-up security community, from the popular to the elite level, and the impact this would potentially have for India and Pakistan.

An interesting and valuable approach for analysing these issues of security through the socio-cultural lens, this book is of interest to academics and scholars of South Asian Politics, Security Studies and International Relations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415531500
• ISBN 13: 9780415531504
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible