The Routledge handbook of South Asia : region, security and connectivity /: region, security and connectivity. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Adluri Subramanyam Raju and R. Srinivasan.
• Editors: Subramanyam Raju, A; Srinivasan, R (Rajamanickam)
• Contents: List of Tables viii List of Contributors ix Introduction 1 Adluri Subramanyam Raju and R. Srinivasan PART 1 South Asia as a Region 15 1 Post-Colonial Identities, Ethnic Conflicts, and Security Dilemma in South Asia 17 Rajpal Budania 2 South Asian Identity: Examining the State-Society Interface 31 Udayan Das and Ambar Kumar Ghosh PART 2 Political, Social and Security Systems in South Asia 47 3 Politics of Democracy in South Asia: People’s Aspiration and the Structure of the State 49 Smruti S. Pattanaik 4 Transition of Monarchy in South Asia: The Case of Nepal 65 Raksha Pandey 5 Transitions in Governance: Polity, Policy, and Regionalism in South Asia 78 R. Srinivasan 6 Civil Society in South Asia: Plurality, Convergence and Paradoxes 96 Amit Dholakia 7 Religion and Politics in South Asia: Select Case Studies 110 Partha Pratim Basu 8 Lilliputians’ Dilemma: Survival Strategies of Small States in South Asia 131 N. Manoharan 9 Untangling the South Asia–China Nuclear Problematique 147 Ravi Komarraju PART 3 Commerce and Connectivity in South Asia 159 10 Impact of Globalization on South Asia 161 I. P. Khosla 11 Prospects of Growth Dynamism in South Asia: Trade and Investment as Drivers of Regional Development 176 Saroj Kumar Mohanty 12 A Novel Approach for Integration in South Asia: Through Trade Promotion and Economic Corridors 198 Srimal Fernando 13 Connectivity Across South Asia: Possibilities and Intrinsic Challenges 213 Pankaj K. Jha 14 Developments in Sustainable Blue Economy in South Asia 227 V. N. Attri PART 4 Human Security in South Asia 243 15 Climate Change and River Waters in South Asia: Scarcity, Security and the Avoidance of Zero-Sum Approaches in the Anthropocene Epoch 245 Ananya Sharma and Varun Sahni 16 Governing Water Resources in India: Role of Water Law, Policy, and Institutions 263 Vandana Asthana 17 Environment and Sustainable Development in South Asia 276 Nitya Nanda and Susmita Mitra 18 Energy Security and Cooperation in South Asia 293 Adluri Subramanyam Raju PART 5 South Asia in a Multipolar World 309 19 A Sub-Regional Resuscitation in South Asia: Enlivening the BIMSTEC 311 Sohini Nayak 20 Comparing the SAARC and the ASEAN 326 Uttara Sahasrabuddhe 21 The European Union’s Relations with South Asia 339 Ummu Salma Bava 22 China in South Asia: The Xi Jinping Era 354 Reena Marwah 23 United States–South Asia Relations: Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Biden Administration 365 M. J. Vinod 24 The Multipolar World and South Asia 380 Anindya Jyoti Majumdar Index 391
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Routledge India
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (440 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 327.54; Sustainable development -- South Asia; Security, International -- South Asia; South Asia -- Foreign relations; South Asia -- Politics and government; South Asia -- Economic conditions; South Asia -- Social conditions
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000926293; 9781000926231
• Related ISBNs: 9781032200415
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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