Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies
About the Book Series
Founding Editor: Subrata K. Mitra, University of Heidelberg, Germany
South Asia, with its burgeoning, ethnically diverse population, soaring economies, and nuclear weapons, is an increasingly important region in the global context. The series, which builds on this complex, dynamic and volatile area, features innovative and original research on the region as a whole or on the countries. Its scope extends to scholarly works drawing on history, politics, development studies, sociology and economics of individual countries from the region as well those that take an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to the area as a whole or to a comparison of two or more countries from this region. In terms of theory and method, rather than basing itself on any one orthodoxy, the series draws broadly on the insights germane to area studies, as well as the tool kit of the social sciences in general, emphasizing comparison, the analysis of the structure and processes, and the application of qualitative and quantitative methods.
Works in the series are published simultaneously in UK/ US and India editions, as well as in e-book format. The series welcomes submissions from established authors in the field as well as from young authors who have recently completed their doctoral dissertations who wish to publish their first monograph under the care of the experienced Editorial Team.
If you wish to submit a proposal, please contact the series editor:
Rani D. Mullen, William and Mary, USA: [email protected]
and Dorothea Schaefter, Senior Editor, Routledge: [email protected]
Perspectives on Contemporary Pakistan: Governance, Development and Environment
1st Edition
Edited
By Ghulam Ali, Ejaz Hussain
August 01, 2022
This book analyses problems of governance, development and environment affecting contemporary Pakistan; issues that lie at the centre of federal and provincial policy deliberations, formulation and implementation. The book offers a comprehensive assessment of the policies, or lack thereof. Authors...
Radicalization in Pakistan: A Critical Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Muhammad Shoaib Pervez
August 01, 2022
This book offers a critical analysis of radicalization in Pakistan by deconstructing the global and the official state narratives designed to restrain Pakistani radicalization. Chapters are centered around three distinct themes: educational norms, religious practices and geo-political aspects of ...
Society, Resistance and Civil Nuclear Policy in India: Nuclearising the State
1st Edition
By Varigonda Kesava Chandra
August 01, 2022
This book explores how anti-nuclear social movements impact the state’s civil nuclear policy and its implementation by presenting a historical-comparative case study of anti-nuclear movements in India. Drawing on social movement theory and empirical methods, the book demonstrates that the ability ...
The History of British Diplomacy in Pakistan
1st Edition
By Ian Talbot
August 01, 2022
This book is the first account of the British diplomatic mission in Pakistan from its foundation at the end of the Raj in 1947 to the ‘War on Terror’. Drawing on original documents and interviews with participants, this book highlights key events and personalities as well as the influence and ...
Ethno-political Conflict in Pakistan: The Baloch Movement
1st Edition
By Rizwan Zeb
August 02, 2021
This book critically examines the causes of the increase in insurgent violence in Balochistan and explores the relations between the national government of Pakistan and the province of Balochistan. Based on historical analysis, the book argues that the national government of Pakistan and the ...
Governance and Development in India: A Comparative Study on Andhra Pradesh and Bihar after Liberalization
1st Edition
By Seyed Hossein Zarhani
June 30, 2020
The study of the political economy of development in India is significant as India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing countries during the last three decades and the rate of economic growth and poverty reduction have not been matched in India’s subnational states. Although the Union ...
China-India Relations in the Contemporary World: Dynamics of national Identity and Interest
1st Edition
By Yang Lu
December 12, 2019
As two Asian giants and rising power, the interactions between India and China have global significance. This book analyses the multifaceted and multi-layered character of Sino-Indian relations since the beginning of the 21st century in a period marked by cooperation and competition.Positioned in a...
Gender Justice and Proportionality in India: Comparative Perspectives
1st Edition
By Juliette Duara
December 12, 2019
For a judiciary in a democracy, dispensing justice is not only about doing justice, but also about showing that justice is being done; it is about giving reasons and creating a "culture of justification". The question becomes how to nurture such a culture. A number of liberal democratic ...
Indigenous Identity in South Asia: Making Claims in the Colonial Chittagong Hill Tracts
1st Edition
By Tamina Chowdhury
August 23, 2018
In the immediate aftermath of the creation of Bangladesh in 1971, an armed struggle ensued in its remote south-eastern corner. The hill people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, more commonly referred to as paharis, demanded official recognition, and autonomy, as the indigenous people of the Tracts. ...
Globalisation and Governance in India: New Challenges to Society and Institutions
1st Edition
Edited
By Harihar Bhattacharyya, Lion König
June 28, 2018
This book examines the impact of globalization on some vital aspects of Indian politics, its structures and processes, and identifies the challenges to globalization itself, in order to highlight India’s complex and fascinating story. In 1991, India officially embraced the policy of neo-liberal ...
Indian Muslims and Citizenship: Spaces for Jihād in Everyday Life
1st Edition
By Julten Abdelhalim
June 28, 2018
Through the creation of post-colonial citizenship, India adopted a hybridisation of specific secular and western conception of citizenship. In this democratic framework, Indian Muslims are observed on how they make use of the spaces and channels to accommodate their Islamic identity within a ...
India-China Relations: Politics of Resources, Identity and Authority in a Multipolar World Order
1st Edition
By Jagannath P. Panda
April 16, 2018
The rise of India and China as two major economic and political actors in both regional and global politics necessitates an analysis of not only their bilateral ties but also the significance of their regional and global pursuits. This book looks at the nuances and politics that the two countries ...