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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Contents Preface. Introduction.1. Challenges facing UN peacekeeping operations today. 2. The Brahimi report in today's perspective. 3. Participation of civilian and civil society organizations in peace operations. 4. Implications and implementation of the Brahimi report. 5. Challenges facing UN peacekeeping operations an Indian perspective. 6. Challenges facing UN peacekeeping operations a Japanese perspective. 7. International intervention and state sovereignty an Indian view. 8. International intervention and state sovereignty a Japanese view. 9. The responsibility to protect. 10. Responsibility to rebuild challenges of post conflict assistance. 11. UN peace operations recommendations of the UN high level panel. 12. Preparing and training national forces for UNPKO deployment. 13. UN peacekeeping in Siera Leone a case study. 14. Role of the Indian Army in UN peacekeeping operations. 15. Indo Japan cooperation in peacekeeping comments. This book lies at the intersection between United Nations peacekeeping operations and India Japan relations. While India has been at the forefront of UNPKO since its beginning Japan due to its unique recent history and pacifist constitution is a more recent hesitant and tentative contributor to overseas peaceful military operations. Instead Japan is the second largest contributor to the UN's regular and peacekeeping budgets and has provided some senior civilian representatives to specific peacekeeping operations. Both nations thus have a wealth of experience to exchange and share. This unique book is an attempt precisely at this even though this cooperation must remain situated within the broader context of their bilateral relationship. The participation of some of the most experienced practitioners from both countries in international peacekeeping operations lends this book its particular distinction and must be read with all the seriousness that his issue deserves. 262 pp.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Contents Introduction. I. The rise 1. Who are the Taliban. 2. The rise to prominence. 3. Pakistan's Afghan interventions. 4. Pakistan and Taliban an unholy alliance. 5. Other players. 6. The Bin Laden Taliban connection. 7. Pakistan's interests in Afghanistan. II. The fall 1. Inherent flaw. 2. Useless costly and troublesome. 3. Disappearance and hideout. III. The resurgence 1. Where are they surfacing and gathering. 2. Areas under Taliban control. 3. The new Taliban a much divided force. 4. Resurgence players and strategies. 5. Resurgent Taliban and their strategies. IV. The future 1. What are the chances of success for the Taliban. 2. India and the resurgent Taliban. Conclusions. Select bibliography. Taliban a timeline. Index. The Taliban were gold like figures for a war torn country's war weary people. They promised to rid the country of anarchy lawlessness and disintegration and thus earned the support of Afghans. The Taliban were defeated or so we were told by the Americans when the Frankenstein came back to haunt them. The Taliban were consigned to the dustbin of history or so we thought when Hamid Karzai was anointed as the newest ruler in Kabul. However if lessons of history canons of geo strategy and reports from Afghanistan are anything to go by Taliban were not done away with not by default but by design. The author rejects the widely believed argument that the Taliban movement has been defeated once and for all. The author claims that the endgame in Afghanistan is likely to be an eventual induction of the Taliban elements into the Afghan Government by way of a consensus reached among Pakistan the US and Karzai. However in the course of time such a status quo is unlikely to endure. Pakistan's internal and geo strategic compulsions will prompt it to advocate for more and more space for the Taliban in the Afghan Government. In short this study is an in depth analysis of the raison d'etre of the rise fall and resurgence of the Taliban. 138 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Contents Preface. Introduction. 1. Major theoretical approaches of multilateral cooperation. 2. Genesis organizational structure and decision making process of the SAARC. 3. Constituting supra nationality questioning of sovereignty. 4. Problems and prospects of regime formation in the trade sector. 5. Pros and cons of regime formation in the energy sector. 6. Summary and conclusions. Annexure 1. South Asian country profile. 2. SAARC charter. 3. Provisional rules of procedure. 4. Summit declaration of the first SAARC summit. 5. Agreement on SAPTA. 6. Agreement on the common effective preferential tariff scheme for the ASEAN free trade area. 7. Southern common market (MERCOSUR) agreement. 8. Islamabad declaration. 9. Social charter. 10. Additional protocol to the SAARC regional convention on suppression of terrorism. Bibliography. Index. The birth of the South Asian Association for Regional Co operation (SAARC) in 1985 marked a new beginning for the seven South Asian countries India Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan Sri Lanka and Maldives. For the first time these countries made an institutionalized effort to forge multilateral co operation among them. But even after twenty years of existence of the SAARC the leaders of the South Asian countries are usually much more comfortable in dealing with the countries outside the region than they are with themselves and the past for them remains the present. Therefore the first twenty years experience of this regional organization can hardly put SAARC in the same category of the European Union (EU) or even in that of Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). While the latest phase of globalization must have forced the leader the SAARC countries to rethink their relationship vis a vis one another and to work for a free trade region in South Asia but the turbulent years are yet to be left in mind. But why could not SAARC succeed when many other regional organizations are reaching new highs. Who were at fault. This book is a humble attempt to find probable answers to these serious questions that have been bothering the people of South Asia for quite some time. 412 pp.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. New. India's ties with Central Asia date back several centuries while today Russia is one of India's most trusted allies. Central Asia holds vital strategic importance for India on account of its location and the energy reserves it holds. The new great game being played out in the region by Russia the US and China in fact a testimonial to the importance of the region. Unfortunately India so far has not been really successful in emerging as a significant player in the Central Asian theatre. While trying to cultivate better relations with the Central Asian Republics India can always count on its strong ties with Russia as the latter is the most influential player in the Central Asian theatre. This monograph attempts to examine India's ties with Central Asia and also factors in the prevailing Russian influence in the region. The bilateral aspects trade and economic ties energy and strategic relations are dealt with and there is also a brief section on the rise of China in the region and the role of the Shanghai Co operation Organization. Lastly the book deals with Russia's relations with Central Asian Republics and concludes with exploring avenues of mutual cooperation. 128 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Background. 2. Events leading to the agreement on agriculture. 3. Uruguay round agreement on agriculture. 4. Agreement on agriculture. 5. Situation in India on agriculture. 6. SPS Agreement (sanitary and phytosanitary measures). 6-A. SPS Agreement-the legal tax. 6-B. India's submissions. 6-C. Case laws. 7. Perspective of the developing countries. 8. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT). 8-A. Legal text to TBT Agreement. 9. Food security. 10. WTO negotiations on agriculture. 11. Global situation in agriculture. 12. The state of agriculture in some of the important developed countries. 13. Critical issues and concluding remarks. Annexures: 1. Indian proposal. 2. Submissions by Japan and Korea. 3. Submissions by the United States. 4. Submissions by the European Communities. 5. Submissions by Mauritius. 6. Submissions by Norway. 7. WTO agriculture negotiations. 8. Proposal by Cairns Group. 9. Proposal by Canada. 10. Extract on agriculture in Doha. 11. Decision on measures concerning the possible negative effect of the reform programme. 12. Extract from the Economic Survey, Govt. of India for 2002-2003. 13. Extract on agriculture from the budget speech for the year 2002-2003, Govt. of India. Bibliography. Index."Agriculture is one of the important areas which went out of GATT because of pressure from the developed countries. It remained outside the mainstream and it looked impossible to get it back. It is a matter of great satisfaction that agriculture has come back to the mainstream. It has laid down specifically obligation of various countries which have been accepted voluntarily and explained many critical issues."It was the feeling of all concerned that a path breaking decision was arrived at after signing of the Agreement on Agriculture. However, subsequent events have proved out that these expectations have not materialized. This was because of the heavy subsidy imposed by the developed countries and the clever manoeuvre made by them to take advantage of the loopholes. The present negotiations in Geneva, therefore, assume considerable importance and India has taken the leadership of the developing countries. It is to be seen to what extent India succeeds and what corrective measures are brought out."India has a great background in agriculture and a number of steps have been taken in various fields particularly research and development. It is a matter of satisfaction that a country which was depending on import is now self sufficient and we are also in a position to export certain quantities. India is also regarded as an important country because of its wealth of experience."The book deals with these salient issues relevant for agriculture apart from dealing with the complex situation of agriculture in India. It also explains in detail the ongoing negotiations in Geneva and takes great care in summarizing the submission made by various countries. The book also makes a summary of the present stage of negotiations."The book covers many important issues which are relevant for agriculture, both in the domestic and international fields. The treatise examines the positions in the developed countries and touches upon the global situation as well as the manner in which the global situation has evolved." (jacket) 474 pp.

Contents 1 Habitations Names and Words 2 The Substantivist Approach and Translation Studies 3 Recharacterizing the Economical 4 Diglossia Writing and Names 5 Some Paradigmatic Issues 6 Philosophy and the Paradigmatic 7 The Substantivist Visualization Index 148 pp.

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Paperback. Zustand: As New. New. The general situation in Jammu and Kashmir has vastly improved in the recent years. More than before it is apparent today that security is multidimensional and whether it is economy media culture or migration these cannot be compartmentalized and kept away from the all encompassing question of security. Though the security situation has vastly improved there is more to be done. And more to be said about the impact of this improved situation on the peace process that is currently taking place on two axes the New Delhi Islamabad and the New Delhi Srinagar axes. While Indo Pak discussions have been very quite and conducted mainly through back channels the other is in the full light of day and it is a subject of all the contrary pulls of a part of the latter approach with full participation of the rich array of civil society in Srinagar. 128 pp.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. New. Capacity building is an integral part of development theory and practice. However aid agencies that ignore people's existing strengths may create dependency and so make people more vulnerable than before. This book considers specific and practical ways in which NGOs can contribute to enabling people to build on the capacities they already posses. It reviews the types of social organisation with which NGOs might consider working and the provision of training in a variety of relevant skills and activities. The particular importance of using a capacity building approach in emergency situations and of the dynamic and long term nature of the process is also emphasized. 226 pp.

Contents Preface Introduction 1 Walking the strait 2 Shared strategic concerns 3 The Indian Dilemma 4 The Tamil Nadu Factor 5 Working the Indian Model 6 We the people India and Sri Lanka a diary of major developments Index The relationship between the two democracies Sri Lanka and India has been largely defined in the recent past by domestic political compulsions and a peculiar lack of understanding of each others priorities and positions on specific issues leading to misgivings and dilemmas The emergence of coalition politics at the national level and the increasing influence of local interest groups on foreign policy formulations in both the countries over the past two decades have infused extra dimensions to the relationship Thus it has become imperative to study issues of bilateral concern in a broader regional framework without ignoring the trials and tribulations of domestic politics in both the countries Written by a seasoned analyst this book makes a modest attempt to sift through complexities of relationships in a region that is undergoing swift and sweeping changes It documents the evolving dynamics of India Sri Lanka relationship to draw valuable lessons for South Asia as a whole The India Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement for instance is a model worthy of emulation for Indias economic relationship with other countries in the region The book explores several other issues of common interest India can provide a workable solution to ethnic strife while Sri Lanka can offer lessons in health care delivery and education Early Sri Lankan engagement with market economy and globalization can benefit Indias journey towards inclusive growth More critical the book argues is the shared vision of a secure Indian Ocean neighborhood Sri Lanka has become the first line of defence for India Security of Indian Ocean is as important to India as the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the island nation There has never been such an urgency to work together for the common good of the people of the region as the present Understanding India Sri Lankan relations in its entirety is only a beginning in that direction jacket 232 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. South Asia with its immense human security deficit compounded by inter state tensions and the consequent diversion of human and financial resources from people's needs to states preferences urgently requires a change in mindset. When the peoples of the region obtained independence from colonial domination human security was the overarching norm. The great hope was that freedom would bring them broad based security and opportunities for self development. Some six decades later those hopes remain unrealized to a large degree. While large numbers of people remain mired in poverty and insecurity the political orientation of elites has slid into an overwhelming preoccupation with state security. This volume is an attempt to redress the balance. Its thrust is to bring human security back to centre stage and to highlight the problems and needs of the people of the subcontinent. This book is the latest in a series of the work undertaken by the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) on alterative approaches to security and second on the subject of human security. 157 pp.

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Soft cover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. With the beginning of a phase of generational transition, China's new leadership change in 2012 with is undoubtedly one of the most significant internal developments in the contemporary history of the country. This change has huge ramifications for not only the internal social, economic and political dynamics of China, but also for regional security. The transformation has been peaceful so far, with a focus on economic and political reforms. However, several paradoxes and contradictions still exist within Chinese society, domestic politics and foreign policy. In collaboration with the India International Centre (IIC), Department of East Asian Studies in Delhi University and the Centre for East Asian Studies in Jawaharlal Nehru University, the China Research Programme (CRP) at the Institute has been observing these developments closely through its research, discussions, conferences and annual dialogues at the national level. The essays in this volume on political leadership, social and economic issues are the subsequent result of a series of discussions and debates. With overarching themes based on political developments, the new leadership transition, social change, and economic crisis, this volume aims at focussing on issues that need further discussion and debate to understand what is happening within contemporary China.

The book provides a complete pictorial list of plants and flowers mentioned and used by Tagore in his lyrics as enlisted in unabridged edition of Gitabitan Akhanda Gitabitan The plants are arranged in this volume in Bengali alphabetical order with English names in parenthesis A short description of each plant and its floral characters its use in public welfare literary and mythological background if any and its values in public life have been incorporated in the text in simple style instead of going into serious weighty scientific names and detailed background To meet botanical and horticultural curiosities about such families flowering time and flower colour are given in a tabular form But the essence of this volume lies in revealing the melody in plants and flowers in Tagores song compositions and to focus the depth of his knowledge in plant science his interests on plants and flowers and their masterly use in lyrics Plants mentioned in this book are mostly known and common in tropical and subtropical climates in different parts of the world The volume thus can be of great use to amateur gardeners plant lovers students and Tagore lovers The book also contains a special chapter on plants and flowers named by Tagore in his inimitable style and a simple discussion on plant morphology List of books consulted and used for the preparation of this volume are acknowledged in the bibliography Finally all the 482 songs used in this book are enlisted in alphabetical orders citing the respective parts and serials as given in Akhanda Gitabitan jacket 262 pp.

The book titled-Human Process and Group Dynamics Training has raised serious provocation on sensitivity and human process training in pursuit of self exploration and group process facilitation The growing challenges of self work human relation training and encounter group has encouraged passion amongst new kind of trainers mainstream in the field of management education driven to both corporate and social world Thus sensitivity training has strong human process element that demands grip over group dynamics The book has touched hard core of self exploration in T-group learning and small group dynamics It moves away from self small group to large group training from unstructured semi structured to structured training intervention displaying research spectrum of varieties of Indian trainers The book has gone though Cognitive mapping process to provide a tool for revealing individual?s subjective beliefs in  a meaningful way so that they can be examined not only by the individual for whom the map is constructed but also by those who understand and examine others behavior The book has placed an in-depth experience of laboratory training popularly known as sensitivity or t-group training small group process work that has emphasized on the essence of learning to deal with here and now The real life experience and insight from Indian veterans in human process training have given incredible meaning to their journey towards personal growth process as their quest of being a facilitator Indian Society for Applied Behavioral Science ISABS has given foundation to the author to collate the lessons from the multitude of life of those who have grown with him and have found a space in his life as a veteran trainer of global eminence Large number of miniature true cases of group process learners have been substantiated and inserted in the flow of making cognitive analysis on different aspects of the book development A serious reading of the book reconnects us with the quest of unfolding oneself thereby it?s illustrations and analytical frame would drive us to heightened experience of freedom to be 212 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Preface. Introduction/B. Raman. Peace without Process Sri Lanka's Dilemma 1. An overview/S.D. Muni. Ground Realities 1. Pitfalls and possibilities/Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu. 2. Negative peace/N. Ram. Reconciling Various Ethnic Aspirations 1. Sri Lankan nationalism ethnic identity and community/Devanesan Nesiab. 2. Prospects for reconciliation/V. Suryanarayan. Intentions Capabilities of the Govt and LTTE 1. Security implications for Sri Lanka India and the South East Asia Region/Iqbal Athas. 2. Intentions and capabilities of reluctant partners/R. Hariharan. Role of External Powers 1. Of phases and paces/Gamini Samaranayake. 2. Dilemmas of external actors/K. Venkataraman. Where from Here 1. Peace dynamics/M. Rasgotra. 2. No alternative but/B. Raman. 3. The tsunami and the LTTE/B. Raman. 4. Internal dimensions to Sri Lanka's peace process/Kalpana Chittaranjan. 5. The future beckons/N. Sathiya Moorthy. Annexures 1. Ceasefire agreement. 2. Oslo declaration. 3. Tokyo declaration. 4. Prabhakaran's Hero's Day Speech. 4. President's speech. Index. The Sri Lankan pot continues to boil. Although the ceasefire agreement of February 2002 between the government in Colombo and the LTTE has helped bring down temperatures a permanent political settlement remains at best a hope with more complexities entering the arena with each passing day. To take stock of the situation and to draw lessons for the future the Chennai chapter of the Observer Research Foundation organised an International Seminar on Sri Lanka Ceasefire and After in September 2003. Two years have passed since. Yet the prognosis for the future made at the time remains more valid than ever. The book gives new insights into an existing problem the contours of which have not changed much. The interplay of domestic politics sub continental relevance and the increasing international interest in the Indian ocean neighbourhood coupled with the post 9/11 global view of terrorism have contributed to this continued interest in the evolving situation in Sri Lanka. A product of collective wisdom this book aims at addressing these issues as comprehensively and as extensively as possible. 335 pp.

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Contents Introduction 1 Indias Northeast and Southeast Asia Opportunities and ChallengesAmita Batra 2 India?s Northeast The Super-highway to Southeast Asia Linking a Region Linking EconomiesWasbir Hussain 3 Connecting India?s Northeast With Southeast Asia Security ImplicationsBibhu Prasad Routray 4 India?s Northeast and Southeast Asia Chinese Interests and StrategiesSrikanth Kondapalli 5 Connecting the Neighbourhood India Bangladesh and the Problems of Regional connectivitySmruti S Pattanaik 6 Tensions in the Rolling Hills Burmese Population and Border Trade in MizoramJulien Levesque and Mirza Zulfiqur 7 Stilwell Road An Unfinished endeavourTuli Sinha 8 Myanmmar India?s Bridge to Southeast AsiaHarnit Kang Annexure Southeast Asia is region that has in the past two decades ascended to an area of great strategic importance for India both in terms of the Asian geopolitical balance but also as a nucleus of regional and international commerce India?s Look East Policy which aims to foster deeper collaboration in a range of sectors with our Southeast Asian neighbors hopes to do so primarily through land based linkages with Indias northeastThis book focuses on both the hurdles as well as prospects for greater partnership with Southeast Asian region through Indias northeast It delves into issues of connectivity free trade agreements security implications infrastructure regional geopolitics etc.

This book describes 13 cases from 10 countries around the world Bolivia Ethiopia India Kenya Nicaragua Peru Rwanda and Tanzania where such initiatives have unclogged value chains improved the lives of the rural poor produced more and higher quality agricultural products and made the value chain more profitable for all concerned The products range from chilli to cotton and from fish to milk The organizations involved range from cooperatives of forest dwellers who harvest leaves to make into disposable plates to multinational firms that make potato crisps for sale in supermarkets This is the third in a series of books on value chains by the Royal Tropical Institute RTI and the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction IIRR In large parts of the world small scale farmers traders and processors are constrained in their business operations due to a lack of finance Farmers want to be paid immediately but traders do not have the ready cash to buy their produce Traders need working capital so they can buy and transport produce but lack the collateral to get loans Processors cannot get the money they need to buy equipment or ensure a steady supply of inputs Value chain finance is a solution to such dilemmas Value chain finance is when specialized financial institutions are linked to the value chain and offer services that build on the business relations in the chain For example a bank may loan money to a trader because the trader has a regular supply of produce from a farmers? group and a supermarket as a loyal customer When lead firms are willing to vouch for their suppliers even smallholder farmers become creditworthy 262 pp.

Jaina studies are expanding and increasingly gaining in international recognition Counterbalancing an earlier bias towards research on the Shvetambara community and on north-western India there are a number of recent surveys on the Digambaras in the South These studies however have generally neglected the modern State of Karnataka This historically and culturally significant region in which Jainism has played a major role forms the focus of the present volume Despite its emphasis on Digambara Jainism and on Karnataka the book includes many references to other religious groups striving for supremacy in the region and to neighbouring States in the wider area of South IndiaIn addition to the novel emphases in terms of religious and regional approach this collection of thirteen research papers revolves around the question of what is heritage and who defines it The scholarly contributions combine the latest findings from the three main disciplines of history art and architecture and religious studies-with ample citations from literature epigraphy archaeology and anthropology In their entirety they widen our understanding of the concept of heritage and approach hitherto neglected areas of research Particularly important are the contributions providing fresh evidence on political history and the rise and subsequent relative decline of the Jaina community in the South Equally significant are the investigations into neglected and so-far unknown areas of architectural history combined with the provision of revised interpretations of known sites The scholarly contributions from religious studies emphasise the distinction and resilience of the Digambara Jainas and outline religious change over a period stretching from the early centuries BCE to the present dayBy introducing new areas of enquiry identifying important signifiers of heritage reinterpreting earlier findings drawing on modern South Asian studies and combining research findings from across a number of academic fields in an interdisciplinary manner this collection of specialist papers reveals new ways of seeing and understanding the splendour and complexities of the Jaina heritage In doing so it opens up a number of new questions concerning the construction and preservation of the heritages of other groups and regions of South Asia and the wider world as well 338 pp.

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. Kashmir and Indo-Pak Relations, Politics of Reconciliation offers a no-holds-barred account of the developments in Kashmir politics and India-Pakistan relations as they unfolded between 2008 and 2013.Culled out from the author's popular Sunday column in the Srinagar-based Greater Kashmir newspaper "statecraft" and other Op-eds, the book promises to take the reader beyond the traditional narratives on Kashmir and India-Pakistan relations. Provocative and deeply engaging Politics of Reconciliation aims to challenge the commonsense wisdom on the Kashmir question and Indo-Pak relations. Section I of the book, divided into six chapters, deals with the fast-changing nuances of the conflict transformation processes in and on Kashmir. Section II of the book, divided into five chapters, deals with the intricacies of India-Pakistan relations and the potential pathways towards peaceful coexistence.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Contents: 1. Introduction: Setting the Context/Radhu Carciumaru. 2. Ethno-Regional Identity Conflicts in India: Institutionalization, Accommodation and Political Order/Harihar Bhattacharyya. 3. India between Scylla and Charybdis: Negotiating the Cliff of Federalism/Patrick Honig. 4. Whose Language is Urdu?/Anvita Abbi, Imtiaz Hasnain and Ayesha Kidwai. 5. Defining Religion: The Indian Supreme Court and Hinduism/Ronojoy Sen. 6. Modular Projects: Socio-Religious Sensibilities and Political Imagination Among and Daudi Bohras in Modern South Asia/Soumen Mukherjee. 7. A Tale Begun in Other Days: Understanding Caste as Social Exclusion in India/Prashant Negi.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. Contents: 1. Conceptual Framework. 2. Between Legitimism and Structuralism. 3. Politics and the State: From Construction to Military Intervention. 4. Military Agency: From Agent to Principal. 5. Politics in 'New Pakistan'. 6. Actor and Agency : Explaining the Civilian Circularity. 7. Military Agency Revisited. Conclusion. The book is a study of the political scenario in Pakistan that discusses the intervention of the military in Pakistan's politics for securing its own interests. Through an in-depth study, it argues that it is the military agency in the country that is responsible for the coups and political interventions, and not the past or prevailing structure and culture of Pakistan. It observes that political power has been instrumental to facilitate the military's economic interests. It presents a chronology of civil-military relations in the country. Taking recourse to various findings, it explains the causes and mode of military intervention, nature of the specific coups undertaken and military rule, and civil-military relations during different periods. It highlights the theoretical and empirical shortcomings in the existing studies on the construction of the state of Pakistan.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Acknowledegment. Preface. Introduction. 1. Armed conflicts in South Asia an overview/P.R. Chari. 2. Bangladesh a slow beginning/B. Rajeshwari. 3. J and K infiltration declines violence persists/D. Suba Chandran. 4. Left extremism in India from Red Corridor to Red Land/Mallika Joseph. 5. Nepal continuing violence/P.G. Rajamohan. 6. North East failure of peace processes/Bibhu Prasad Routray. 7. Pakistan tribal troubles in Balochistan and Waziristan/D. Suba Chandran. 8. Sri Lanka negative peace positive violence/N. Manoharan. 9. Promoting peace in South Asia/Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee. 10. Chronology of events in 2005. Index. While the armed conflicts in the recent years have become bloodier in South Asia the peace processes could not be sustained for various factors. Initiating a peace process is easier than to sustain it. In the last few years a series of peace processes have been initiated in South Asia in Pakistan Kashmir Nepal India's Northeast and Sri Lanka. The presence of numerous actors role of civil society space and rules of bargaining lack of bargaining tools independent inputs or the lack of it level of external support all these factors play an important role in sustaining the peace processes. The above two factors continuing armed conflicts and failing peace processes make it imperative to initiate an organized long term but independent study of the armed conflicts and peace processes in South Asia. A database on armed conflicts in South Asia is essential for such a study. The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) propose to create such a database on armed conflicts and peace processes in South Asia. This book is a primary part of this endeavour and is published as an annual on the various conflicts in Pakistan India Nepal Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The following case studies would form the core essays of the annual Waziristan Balochistan Jammu and Kashmir India's Northeast Naxalites in India Nepal Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In future the study would also cover the armed conflict in Afghanistan. 336 pp.

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