The Routledge handbook of South Asia : region, security and connectivity / edited by Adluri Subramanyam Raju and R. Srinivasan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Subramanyam Raju, A., editor.

Srinivasan, R. (Rajamanickam), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--South Asia.

Sustainable development.

Security, International--South Asia.

Security, International.

South Asia--Politics and government.

South Asia.

South Asia--Economic conditions.

South Asia--Social conditions.

South Asia--Foreign relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (413 pages)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, England : Routledge, [2024]

Summary:

This handbook presents an authoritative overview of South Asia through the lens of geopolitics, political dynamics, economics, human security, and sustainable development. It brings together key insights from various disciplines to provide an in-depth understanding of the genesis, course, and future potential of South Asia as a region. The handbook: Explores the post-colonial political landscape of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan and Afghanistan and analyses the challenges to political stability and governance in South Asia Studies the opportunities and challenges produced by globalization and recommends solutions towards greater connectivity and trade in South Asia Delves into the issues of climate change, water and land resource dependency, and energy security and singles out policy challenges as well as positive actions to promote sustainable development and implement the blue economy Discusses the political dynamics of regional cooperation between countries and the role of China in South Asian regional affairs An invaluable addition to the study of South Asia, this volume will be an indispensable resource for scholars, teachers and researchers of political science, international relations, South Asia studies, South Asian politics, history, defence and strategic studies, political economy, developmental studies, public policy and sustainability studies.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Introduction

Part 1 South Asia as a Region

1 Post-Colonial Identities, Ethnic Conflicts, and Security Dilemma in South Asia

2 South Asian Identity: Examining the State-Society Interface

Part 2 Political, Social and Security Systems in South Asia

3 Politics of Democracy in South Asia: People's Aspiration and the Structure of the State

4 Transition of Monarchy in South Asia: The Case of Nepal

5 Transitions in Governance: Polity, Policy, and Regionalism in South Asia

6 Civil Society in South Asia: Plurality, Convergence and Paradoxes

7 Religion and Politics in South Asia: Select Case Studies

8 Lilliputians' Dilemma: Survival Strategies of Small States in South Asia

9 Untangling the South Asia-China Nuclear Problematique

Part 3 Commerce and Connectivity in South Asia

10 Impact of Globalization on South Asia

11 Prospects of Growth Dynamism in South Asia: Trade and Investment as Drivers of Regional Development

12 A Novel Approach for Integration in South Asia: Through Trade Promotion and Economic Corridors

13 Connectivity Across South Asia: Possibilities and Intrinsic Challenges

14 Developments in Sustainable Blue Economy in South Asia

Part 4 Human Security in South Asia

15 Climate Change and River Waters in South Asia: Scarcity, Security and the Avoidance of Zero-Sum Approaches in the Anthropocene Epoch

16 Governing Water Resources in India: Role of Water Law, Policy, and Institutions

17 Environment and Sustainable Development in South Asia

18 Energy Security and Cooperation in South Asia

Part 5 South Asia in a Multipolar World

19 A Sub-Regional Resuscitation in South Asia: Enlivening the BIMSTEC

20 Comparing the SAARC and the ASEAN.

21 The European Union's Relations with South Asia

22 China in South Asia: The Xi Jinping Era

23 United States-South Asia Relations: Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Biden Administration

24 The Multipolar World and South Asia

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Raju, Adluri Subramanyam The Routledge Handbook of South Asia

ISBN:

1-00-327966-X

1-003-27966-X

1-000-92623-0

9781003279662

OCLC:

1374493059