TY  - BOOK
TI  - Indian foreign policy: the politics of postcolonial identity from 1947-2004
AU  - Chacko, Priya
PY  - 2012
PB  - Routledge
LA  - eng
KW  - National characteristics, East Indian
KW  - Postcolonialism
KW  - Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde)
KW  - Postcolonialisme
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - Government
KW  - International
KW  - International Relations
KW  - India
KW  - Inde
AB  - The rise of India as a major power has generated new interest in understanding the drivers of its foreign policy. This book argues that analysing India's foreign and security policies as representational practices which produce India's identity as a postcolonial nation-state helps to illuminate the conditions of possibility in which foreign policy is made. Spanning the period between 1947 and 2004, the book focuses on key moments of crisis, such as the India-China war in 1962 and the nuclear tests of 1972 and 1998, and the approach to international affairs of significant leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru. The analysis sheds new light on these key events and figures and develops a strong analytical narrative around India's foreign policy behaviour, based on an understanding of its postcolonial identity. It is argued that a prominent facet of India's identity is a perception that it is a civilizational-state which brings to international affairs a tradition of morality and ethical conduct derived from its civilizational heritage and the experience of its anti-colonial struggle. This notion of 'civilizational exceptionalism', as well as other narratives of India's civilizational past, such as its vulnerability to invasion and conquest, have shaped the foreign policies of governments of various political hues and continue to influence a rising India. --
SP  - 237
UR  - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=444003
SN  - 9780203147733
SN  - 0203147731
SN  - 9781136511370
SN  - 1136511377
SN  - 9780415665681
SN  - 041566568X
T2  - Interventions
UR  - https://www.pollux-fid.de/r/ebsco-444003
H1  - Pollux (Fachinformationsdienst Politikwissenschaft)
ER  -