{"product_id":"security-and-south-asia-ideas-institutions-and-initiatives-9781138662322","title":"Security and South Asia: Ideas, Institutions and Initiatives","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Swarna Rajagopalan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge Chapman \u0026amp; Hall\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: International Relations - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Philip Cohen can rightly be called the doyen of South Asian security analysis, especially traditional security concerns in the region and advocacy on US foreign policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe contributors to the volume have all, at different at different points in time, been Cohen's students, and are now well-known scholars in their own right. Broadly dividing Cohen's work into categories, the contributors deal with the following issues: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cli\u003ehow security is understood and how important strategic relationships are framed\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cli\u003eapproaches to and choices made in the areas of military structure, arms production, and investment in science and technology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cli\u003ehow and why civil society groups are mobilized towards political ends-specifically looking at ethnic mobilization in diaspora communities, non-official initiatives for peace in South Asia, and the role of state and non-state actors in disaster management\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe role of the army.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe essays reflect a view of security as something people choose to make for themselves through an exercise of agency that is rooted in the realm of ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45237373501591,"sku":"9781138662322","price":4399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138662322.webp?v=1769216343","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/security-and-south-asia-ideas-institutions-and-initiatives-9781138662322","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}