The Dynamics of Conflict and Peace in Contemporary South Asia

The Dynamics of Conflict and Peace in Contemporary South Asia
Author: Minoru Mio
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2020-12-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000331369

This book engages with the concept, true value, and function of democracy in South Asia against the background of real social conditions for the promotion of peaceful development in the region. In the book, the issue of peaceful social development is defined as the conditions under which the maintenance of social order and social development is achieved – not by violent compulsion but through the negotiation of intentions or interests among members of society. The book assesses the issue of peaceful social development and demonstrates that the maintenance of such conditions for long periods is a necessary requirement for the political, economic, and cultural development of a society and state. Chapters argue that, through the post-colonial historical trajectory of South Asia, it has become commonly understood that democracy is the better, if not the best, political system and value for that purpose. Additionally, the book claims that, while democratization and the deepening of democracy have been broadly discussed in the region, the peace that democracy is supposed to promote has been in serious danger, especially in the 21st century. A timely survey and re-evaluation of democracy and peaceful development in South Asia, this book will be of interest to academics in the field of South Asian Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies and Asian Politics and Security.

Peace and Conflict Studies

Peace and Conflict Studies
Author: Anindya Jyoti Majumdar
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2020-08-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000170810

This volume explores how we theorize, politicize, and practice peace and conflict discourses in the social sciences. As concepts, peace and conflict are intricately interwoven into a web of complementary discourses where states and other actors are able to negotiate, deliberate and arbitrate their differences short of the overt and covert use of physical violence. The essays in this volume reflect this eclecticism: they reflect on concerns of contemporary conflicts in world politics; the dissection of the ideas of peace and power; the way peace studies join with global agencies; peace and conflict in connection to geopolitics and identity; the domestic basis of conflict in India and the South Asian theatre including class, social cleavages and gender. Further they also process elements like globalization, media, communication and films that help us engage with the popular tropes and discursive construction of the reality that play critical roles in how peace and violence are articulated and acted upon by the elites and the masses in societies. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of political science, international relations theory, peace and conflict studies, public policy and area studies. It will also be a key resource for bureaucrats, policy makers, think tanks and practitioners working in the field of international relations.

Internal Conflicts in South Asia

Internal Conflicts in South Asia
Author: Kumar Rupesinghe
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Total Pages: 218
Release: 1996-04-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Explains and illuminates the increasing violence, scale, frequency and intractability of internal conflicts in South Asia. This examination of the nature and dynamics of these conflicts explores dimensions of regional politics and conflicts

Conflict and Peace in South Asia

Conflict and Peace in South Asia
Author: Manas Chatterji
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2008-10-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0444531769

South Asia is a distinct geographical entity comprised of seven countries - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives (situated in the Indian Ocean). This book looks at these countries in a historical context, from inter-regional and international perspectives.

The Difficult Politics of Peace

The Difficult Politics of Peace
Author: Christopher Clary
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2022-06-24
Genre: India
ISBN: 0197638406

A sweeping and theoretically original analysis of the India-Pakistan rivalry from 1947 to the present. Since their mutual independence in 1947, India and Pakistan have been engaged in a fierce rivalry. Even today, both rivals continue to devote enormous resources to their military competition even as they face other pressing challenges at home and abroad. Why and when do rival states pursue conflict or cooperation? In The Difficult Politics of Peace, Christopher Clary provides a systematic examination of war-making and peace-building in the India-Pakistan rivalry from 1947 to the present. Drawing upon new evidence from recently declassified documents and policymaker interviews, the book traces India and Pakistan's complex history to explain patterns in their enduring rivalry and argues that domestic politics have often overshadowed strategic interests. It shows that Pakistan's dangerous civil-military relationship and India's fractious coalition politics have frequently stymied leaders that attempted to build a more durable peace between the South Asian rivals. In so doing, Clary offers a revised understanding of the causes of war and peace that brings difficult and sometimes dangerous domestic politics to the forefront.

The Political Economy of Conflict in South Asia

The Political Economy of Conflict in South Asia
Author: M. Webb
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2015-02-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137397446

Destructive conflicts have thwarted growth and development in South Asia for more than half a century. This collection of multi-disciplinary essays examines the economic causes and consequences of military conflict in South Asia from a variety of perspectives embracing fiscal, social, strategic, environmental and several other dimensions.

Internal Conflict and Regional Security in South Asia

Internal Conflict and Regional Security in South Asia
Author: Shiva Hari Dahal
Publisher: United Nations Publications UNIDIR
Total Pages: 70
Release: 2003
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

The South Asia region is one of the most populous and ethnically diverse in the world, but its social, political and economic development has been severely hindered by numerous inter-state and intra-state conflicts. This paper seeks to provide a more effective multidimensional framework for the analysis and management of internal conflict and security issues in this region, through the establishment of 'Peace Commissions'. These bodies could operate at national and regional levels in a similar manner to a human rights commission in order to establish effective institutional mechanisms to resolve social and political differences and so avoid violent conflict.

Dynamics of Violent Extremism in South Asia

Dynamics of Violent Extremism in South Asia
Author: Shafi Md Mostofa
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2023-02-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9811974055

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the multifaceted dimensions of violent extremist groups in South Asia, attending especially to the relationships between the local and regional forces influencing their emergence and activities. In addition, research in the book shows how political, security-sensitive events and processes are framed, and the factors responsible for such framing. Similarly, it discusses prevalent discourses on anti-violent extremism policy and the on-the-ground militarized preventive/reactive interventions they guide, which are inspired by ideologies that increasingly reflect controversial understandings of the experiences of people within conditions of state fragility. In doing so, the book balances attention to local conditions that frame the rise and fall, or persistency, of incidences of violent extremism. The systems-based ecological framing of issues in the book is influenced by a concern for the broader questions of securitization, global governance, poverty, (under)development, and armed conflicts in South Asia.

Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in South Asia

Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in South Asia
Author: Moeed Yusuf
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Counterinsurgency
ISBN: 9781601271914

In Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in South Asia, ten experts native to South Asia consider the nature of intrastate insurgent movements from a peacebuilding perspective. Case studies on India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka lend new insights into the dynamics of each conflict and how they might be prevented or resolved.

Peace and Conflict

Peace and Conflict
Author: Priyankar Upadhyaya
Publisher: Foundation Books
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2015-12-01
Genre: Conflict management
ISBN: 9789382993551