The India–Pakistan Sub-conventional War

Democracy and Peace in South Asia
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-93-5479-424-7
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

The India–Pakistan Sub-conventional War: Democracy and Peace in South Asia argues that it is possible to map the functioning of democracy in South Asia by studying the role of the army in the political processes of Pakistan. In December 1988, Pakistan experienced a transition to democracy. Simultaneously, the military–intelligence complex was also able to take advantage of insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir and intensify the proxy war against India. Considering such a contradictory political situation, this book studies the deepening conflictual trajectory of the India–Pakistan relations since 1989. By analyzing this period of history, it argues that, in South Asia, the process of democratic transition and intensification of the sub-conventional war have happened concurrently. The book further argues that overt nuclear weaponization and the failure of nuclear deterrence allowed the sustenance of the India–Pakistan sub-conventional war.

By examining the subcontinental security predicament involving the two nuclear-powered adversaries, the book interrogates the democratic peace thesis. It deconstructs the thesis’ arguments in the geo-strategic context of the South Asian regional security architecture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kumar H. M., Sanjeev

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Modernity and the Crisis of Democratization in South Asia
Political Decay and the Legitimation Crisis in South Asia
Nuclear Nationalisms and Quest for Ontological Security
Sub-conventional War and the Problematique of Liberal Peace
Conclusion
Afterword
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kumar H. M., Sanjeev
Sanjeev Kumar H. M. is Professor of international relations and global politics at the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, India. He has previously taught at the South Asian University (SAARC University), New Delhi; the University of Allahabad, Allahabad; and the Karnatak University, Dharwad. His areas of interest include Islamic thought and international relations, international relations theory, the politics of Muslim identity and the question of world order, India–Pakistan relations, democratization of South Asia, South Asian security, and the history of ideas in South Asia. He has published extensively in reputed journals such as the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Third World Quarterly, Economic & Political Weekly, South Asian Survey and Society and Culture in South Asia on related themes. His publications include the textbook Modern South Asian Thinkers (2018), a co-edited encyclopaedic volume. He is currently working on the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) project ‘Popular Imaginaries and Discourses on Politics in India: Exploring Cultural Narratives as Alternative Sites of Knowledge Construction’. He is also working on a co-authored book titled Deconstructing Islamophobic Public Culture: Hindu Nationalism and the ‘Muslim Other’ in India.