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]
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 ...
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 ...
Islam, Sufism and Everyday Politics of Belonging in South Asia
1st Edition
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By Deepra Dandekar, Torsten Tschacher
April 16, 2018
This book looks at the study of ideas, practices and institutions in South Asian Islam, commonly identified as ‘Sufism’, and how they relate to politics in South Asia. While the importance of Sufism for the lives of South Asian Muslims has been repeatedly asserted, the specific role played by ...
E-Governance in India: Interlocking politics, technology and culture
1st Edition
By Bidisha Chaudhuri
October 26, 2017
E-Governance has been one of the strategic sectors of reform in India since late 1990s under the rubric of ‘good governance’ agenda promoted by International Organizations. As India’s policy focus changed towards economic liberalization, deregulation and privatization proliferating domestic and ...
Suicide Protest in South Asia: Consumed by Commitment
1st Edition
By Simanti Lahiri
October 26, 2017
The radical act of suicide protest is undertaken by social movement participants in order to demand a particular previously articulated political outcome. This book examines the history and impact of suicide protest, which has been increasingly used as a protest tactic since World War II, adding to...
The Political Philosophies of Antonio Gramsci and B. R. Ambedkar: Itineraries of Dalits and Subalterns
1st Edition
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By Cosimo Zene
October 12, 2017
Bridging two generations of scholarship on social inequality and modern political forms, this book examines the political philosophies of inclusion of subalterns/Dalits in Gramsci and Ambedkar’s political philosophies. It highlights the full range of Gramsci’s ‘philosophy of praxis’ and presents a ...
Vision and Strategy in Indian Politics: Jawaharlal Nehru’s Policy Choices and the Designing of Political Institutions
1st Edition
By Jivanta Schoettli
May 24, 2017
The 1950s in India were a crucial transition phase where the legacy and institutions of British rule had to be transformed to fit the needs of a post-colonial state. This period is closely associated with India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru (1947 – 64). Selecting three key policies ...