Constructing national security : U.S. relations with India and China / Jarrod Hayes, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayes, Jarrod, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--United States.

National security.

National security--India.

National security--China.

United States--Foreign relations--India.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 237 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jarrod Hayes explores why democracies tend not to use military force against each other. He argues that democratic identity - the shared understanding within democracies of who 'we' are and what 'we' expect from each other - makes it difficult for political leaders to construct external democracies as threats. At the same time, he finds that democratic identity enables political actors to construct external non-democracies as threats. To explore his argument, he looks at US relations with two rising powers: India and China. Through his argument and case studies, Professor Hayes addresses not just the democratic peace but also the larger processes of threat construction in international security, the role of domestic institutions in international relations, and the possibility for conflict between the United States and the world's two most populous countries.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The Social and Political Nature of Security

Identity as Boundary Condition: Enabling and Constraining Security

Beyond the Democratic Peace: Rising Powers

At Many Crossroads: Relating to International Relations Scholarship

Structure of the Book

1. Securitization, Identity, and Security Outcomes

The Copenhagen School and Securitization Theory

Bringing in Identity

Putting the Pieces Together: Identity and the Construction of Democratic Security

Methods: Focal Points and Discourses

pt. I DEMOCRACY, SECURITY, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIA AND THE UNITED STATES

The Indo-American Literature

Roadmap and Theoretical Expectations

2. Near Miss: The Bangladesh War, India, and the United States in 1971

Historical OverView and Literature

The Case

Conclusions

3. Nuclear Games: The United States, India, and the Desecuritization of Nuclear Weapons

Historical Overview and Literature

1974 PNE

The 1998 Nuclear Tests

Desecuritizing Proliferation: 2005 U.S.-India Nuclear Deal

Conclusions

Democratic Identity and Security in Indo-American Relations

pt. II THE NONDEMOCRATIC "OTHER": THE SINO-AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP

The Sino-American Literature

4. Near Miss: China and the United States in the 1995-1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis

Public Response

5. Collision Course: The 2001 Hainan Island EP-3 Incident

Democratic Identity and Security in Sino-American Relations

Conclusion: The Social Construction of Security

Theoretical and Empirical Contributions

Policy Significance

Moving Forward.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-89315-7

1-107-42523-9

1-107-42302-3

1-107-41734-1

1-107-41995-6

1-107-42120-9

1-139-62896-8

OCLC:

863202573