South Asia's Weak States : Understanding the Regional Insecurity Predicament.

By: Paul, T. VMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (353 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780804778534Subject(s): Internal security -- South Asia | National security -- South Asia | South Asia -- Foreign relations | South Asia -- Politics and governmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: South Asia's Weak States : Understanding the Regional Insecurity PredicamentDDC classification: 355/.033054 LOC classification: DS341Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. State Capacity and South Asia's Perennial Insecurity Problems -- Part II: State Capacity -- 2. State Failure and States Poised to Fail: South Asia and Developing Nations -- 3. State Formation, Consolidation, and the Security Challenge: Exploring the Causes of State Incapacity in South Asia -- 4. State, Nations, and the Regional Security Order of South Asia -- 5. Economic Globalization and State Capacity in South Asia -- 6. Symbiosis and Fracture: Civil Society and Weak States in South Asia -- Part III: The Regional States -- 7. Polity, Security, and Foreign Policy in Contemporary India -- 8. Weak State, Failed State, Garrison State: The Pakistan Saga -- 9. Afghanistan: A Weak State in the Path of Power Rivalries -- 10. Sri Lanka: Challenges in State Consolidation and Minority Integration -- 11. Bangladesh: "A Weak State" with Multiple Security Challenges -- 12. Rebellion and State Formation in Nepal: Implications for South Asian Security -- Part IV: Conclusions -- 13. Transforming South Asia: Is a Pluralistic Security Community Feasible? -- Author Biographies -- Index.
Summary: A comprehensive assessment of the multifaceted security challenges faced by the South Asian states by linking it to the weak state problem of the region.
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Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. State Capacity and South Asia's Perennial Insecurity Problems -- Part II: State Capacity -- 2. State Failure and States Poised to Fail: South Asia and Developing Nations -- 3. State Formation, Consolidation, and the Security Challenge: Exploring the Causes of State Incapacity in South Asia -- 4. State, Nations, and the Regional Security Order of South Asia -- 5. Economic Globalization and State Capacity in South Asia -- 6. Symbiosis and Fracture: Civil Society and Weak States in South Asia -- Part III: The Regional States -- 7. Polity, Security, and Foreign Policy in Contemporary India -- 8. Weak State, Failed State, Garrison State: The Pakistan Saga -- 9. Afghanistan: A Weak State in the Path of Power Rivalries -- 10. Sri Lanka: Challenges in State Consolidation and Minority Integration -- 11. Bangladesh: "A Weak State" with Multiple Security Challenges -- 12. Rebellion and State Formation in Nepal: Implications for South Asian Security -- Part IV: Conclusions -- 13. Transforming South Asia: Is a Pluralistic Security Community Feasible? -- Author Biographies -- Index.

A comprehensive assessment of the multifaceted security challenges faced by the South Asian states by linking it to the weak state problem of the region.

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