South Asia's Weak States: Understanding the Regional Insecurity Predicament

Published by Stanford University Press 2010

South Asia's Weak States

Understanding the Regional Insecurity Predicament

Edited by: T. V. Paul

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804778534

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About this book

A comprehensive assessment of the multifaceted security challenges faced by the South Asian states by linking it to the weak state problem of the region.

Author / Editor information

T. V. Paul is Director of the McGill University/Université de Montreal Centre for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS) and James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Reviews

William R. Thompson, Donald A. Rogers Professor of Political Science:
"After being preoccupied with great powers for centuries, we are now attempting to come to grips with weak and failed states and their significance to regional politics. By providing a number of perspectives on weaker states in South Asia, this volume contributes to our improved understanding."

S. Paul Kapur:
"Most discussions of South Asia focus on the region's growing strength and promise. This volume performs a valuable service in tempering that optimism. It reminds us that, despite important advances, South Asia remains plagued by insecurity, from the state to the human level. In doing so, the volume makes a useful contribution to regional as well as to broader literatures, drawing lessons that can apply to weak states elsewhere in the world."

John Ciorciari:
"This timely book helps explain why South Asia suffers from such high levels of domestic and regional insecurity . . . South Asia's Weak States makes an admirable contribution. It diagnoses South Asia's problems through a strong set of conceptual and historical studies."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Tables and Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
PART I. Introduction
1. State Capacity and South Asia’s Perennial Insecurity Problems T. V. Paul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
PART II: STATE CAPACITY
2. State Failure and States Poised to Fail South Asia and Developing Nations Robert I. Rotberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3. State Formation, Consolidation, and the Security Challenge Exploring the Causes of State Incapacity in South Asia Matthew Lange Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
4. State, Nations, and the Regional Security Order of South Asia Benjamin Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
5. Economic Globalization and State Capacity in South Asia Baldev Raj Nayar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
6. Symbiosis and Fracture Civil Society and Weak States in South Asia Mustapha Kamal Pasha Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
PART III : THE REGIONAL STATES
7. Polity, Security, and Foreign Policy in Contemporary India David Malone and Rohan Mukherjee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
8. Weak State, Failed State, Garrison State The Pakistan Saga Lawrence Ziring Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
9. Afghanistan A Weak State in the Path of Power Rivalries Rasul Bakhsh Rais Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
10. Sri Lanka Challenges in State Consolidation and Minority Integration Sankaran Krishna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
11. Bangladesh A “Weak State” with Multiple Security Challenges Ali Riaz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
12. Rebellion and State Formation in Nepal Implications for South Asian Security Maya Chadda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
13. Transforming South Asia Is a Pluralistic Security Community Feasible? T. V. Paul and Theodore McLauchlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Author Biographies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317

Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 352
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 4

eBook

Published: August 9, 2010
ISBN: 9780804778534