South Asia's weak states
Subtitle: understanding the regional insecurity predicament
By: edited by T. V. Paul
Publisher: Stanford Security Studies
Published: 2010
Place of publication: University Press
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780804762205; 9780804762212
Description: South Asia, which consists of eight states of different sizes and capabilities, is characterized by high levels of insecurity at inter-state, intra-state, and human level: insecurity that is manifest in both traditional and non-traditional security problems, especially transnational terrorism fuelled by militant religious ideologies. To explain what has caused and contributed to perpetual insecurity and human suffering in the region, this book engages scholars of international relations, comparative politics, historical sociology, and economic development to reveal and analyze key underlying and proximate drivers. They argue that problems are driven largely by two critical variables: the presence of weak states and weak cooperative interstate norms. Based on analysis and conclusions drawn, the book recommends specific policies for making the region secure and for developing the long lasting inter- and intra-state cooperative mechanisms necessary for security.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: State capacity and South Asia's perennial insecurity problems / T. V. Paul; title: State failure and states poised to fail : South Asia and developing nations / Robert I. Rotberg; title: State formation, consolidation, and the security challenge : exploring the causes of state incapacity in South Asia / Matthew Lange; title: State, nations, and the regional security order of South Asia / Benjamin Miller; title: Economic globalization and state capacity in South Asia / Baldev Raj Nayar; title: Symbiosis and fracture : civil society and weak states in South Asia / Mustapha Kamal Pasha; title: Polity, security, and foreign policy in contemporary India / David Malone and Rohan Mukherjee; title: Weak state, failed state, garrison state : the Pakistan saga / Lawrence Ziring; title: Afghanistan : a weak state in the path of power rivalries / Rasul Bakhsh Rais; title: Sri Lanka : challenges in state consolidation and minority integration / Sankaran Krishna; title: Bangladesh : "a weak state" with multiple security challenges / Ali Riaz; title: Rebellion and state formation in Nepal : implications for South Asian security / Maya Chadda; title: Transforming South Asia : is a pluralistic security community feasible? / T. V. Paul and Theodore McLauchlin.