India China

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-472-13006-1
Verlag: University of Michigan Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Configurations: Critical Studies of World Politics

Challenging the Westphalian view of international relations, whichfocuses on the sovereignty of states and the inevitable potential forconflict, the authors from the Borderlands Study Group reconceiveborders as capillaries enabling the flow of material, cultural, and socialbenefits through local communities, nation-states, and entire regions. Byemphasizing local agency and regional interdependencies, this metaphorreconfigures current narratives about the China-India border and opens anew perspective on the long history of the Silk Roads, the modern BCIMInitiative, and dam construction along the Nu River in China and theTeesta River in India.

Together, the authors show that positive interaction among people onboth sides of a border generates larger, cross-border communities,which can pressure for cooperation and development. India China offersthe hope that people divided by arbitrary geo-political boundaries cancircumvent race, gender, class, religion, and other social barriers, to formmore inclusive institutions and forms of governance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ling, L. H. M.

Über Autor(innen)

L. H. M. Ling is Professor of International Affairs at The New School inNew York, USA.

Adriana Erthal Abdenur is Professor at the Institute ofInternational Relations at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio deJaneiro (PUC-Rio) and a senior researcher at the BRICS Policy Center,Brazil.

Payal Banerjee is Assistant Professor at the Department ofSociology, Smith College, Massachusetts, USA.

Nimmi Kurian is an AssociateProfessor at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) in New Delhi, India,and India Representative, India China Institute, The New School, NewYork, USA.

Mahendra P. Lama is a Professor in the School of InternationalStudies at Jawarhalal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, India.

Li Bocurrently serves as a Consultant with the Open Society Foundation whilein Canada.