India and the nuclear non-proliferation regime : the perennial outlier / A. Vinod Kumar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kumar, A. Vinod, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear nonproliferation--India.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear arms control--India.

Nuclear arms control.

Nuclear weapons--Government policy--India.

Nuclear weapons.

India--Politics and government--1977-.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 233 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

India & the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book is a comprehensive study of India's relationship with the non-proliferation regime, and its transformative evolution from a perennial outlier to one seeking greater integration with the regime and its normative structures. The highlight of this study is its incisive conceptual analysis of the regime as a functional system and its structural complexities, which brings forth new insights on the regime's core ideas like non-proliferation and counter-proliferation. The book also provides an extensive non-Western narrative on the concept of counter-proliferation and its conceivable role and influence in the regime. It breaks new ground in explaining India's quest for an anti-proliferation strategy, which could determine its status and future in the emerging global nuclear order. It will be a substantial contribution to the literature on India's approach towards non-proliferation, counter-proliferation and disarmament, and will enhance the understanding of the impact of the regime's normative structures on India's nuclear decisions.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. From non-proliferation to counterproliferation: the regime's conceptual crisis

3. The state and the regime: the complex interplay of actors, norms and interests

4. India, NPT and the non-proliferation regime

5. The routes to nuclear disarmament: an Indian perspective

6. Counterproliferation: the quest for an Indian strategy

7. India's participation in the proliferation security initiative: the counterproliferation case study

8. India's role in global anti-proliferation: the post nuclear deal agenda.

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-09310-7

1-316-09355-7

1-316-09328-X

1-316-09319-0

1-316-09337-9

1-316-09364-6

1-107-29731-1

OCLC:

881886847