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Indian foreign policy : the politics of postcolonial identity from, 1947 to 2004 / Priya Chacko.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chacko, Priya.
- Series:
- Interventions (Routledge (Firm))
- Interventions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National characteristics, East Indian.
- Postcolonialism--India.
- Postcolonialism.
- India--Foreign relations--1947-1984.
- India.
- India--Foreign relations--1984-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The rise of India as a major power has generated new interest in understanding the drivers of its foreign policy. This book argues that analysing India's foreign and security policies as representational practices which produce India's identity as a postcolonial nation-state helps to illuminate the conditions of possibility in which foreign policy is made. Spanning the period between 1947 and 2004, the book focuses on key moments of crisis, such as the India-China war in 1962 and the nuclear tests of 1972 and 1998, and the approach to international affairs of significant leaders like
- Contents:
- Indian Foreign Policy The politics of postcolonial identity from 1947 to 2004; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Permission Acknowledgement; 1 Introduction; PART I India as a 'moral power': 1947-1964; 2 Nuclear technology, disarmament and the ambivalence of postcolonial identity; 3 Rejecting the 'fear complex': constructing an international politics of friendship; 4 From friendship to 'betrayal': the India-China war; PART II Grappling with postcoloniality: 1964-2004; 5 Interventions and explosions: whither an ethical modernity?
- 6 India in South Asia: danger, desire, friendship and fraternity7 Foreign policy, identity and the BJP: correcting the 'emasculation of state power'?; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-51136-9
- 0-203-14773-1
- 1-136-51137-7
- 9780203147733
- OCLC:
- 798531668
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