Title: Security community in South Asia : India-Pakistan /
Authors: Pervez, Muhammad Shoaib
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Security, International South Asia.; South Asia Foreign relations.; India Foreign relations Pakistan.; Pakistan Foreign relations India; South Asia Politics and government.
Contents: Introduction -- The India-Pakistan conflict: social constructivism versus neo-realism neo-liberalism -- The social constructivist security dilemma and the security community: the popular and elites' social practices -- The identities of India and Pakistan in the formative phase of state building: ideology as a key identity signifier -- The Kashmir dispute: the quest of India and Pakistan identities and Kashmiriyat, the estranged Kashmir identity -- India-Pakistan nuclear rivalry: the influence of ideology upon elites' social practices -- Exploration of norms for a hypothetical security community between India and Pakistan -- Conclusion.