Suchergebnisse

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Introduction -- Explaining separatism -- Grievance versus greed -- Ethno-nationalistexplanations -- Understanding the causes of separatism in a South Asian context -- Conclusion -- 2 Genesis of conflict -- Introduction -- The states of South Asia and their pre-modern antecedents -- Mobilization against the parent state -- Economic under-development -- Ethnic dilution and population demographics -- Education, political consciousness and external interference

Introduction / Matthew J. Webb & Albert Wijeweera -- The economics of conflict in the Chittagong Hill Tract Region of Bangladesh / Syed Serajul Islam -- The political economy of Sikh separatism: ethnic identity, federalism and the distortions of post-independence agrarian development in Punjab-India / Jugdep S. Chima -- The political economy of the ethnonationalist uprising in Pakistani Balochistan, 1999-2013 / Farhan Hanif Siddiqi -- Nepal's protracted transition: explaining the continuing political and economic impasse / Pramod K. Kantha -- India's indigenization of military aircraft design & manufacturing: towards a fifth generation fighter / Michael B. Charles & Elisabeth Sinnewe -- The war on terror and its economic impact on Pakistan / Howard Brasted & Zahir Ahmed -- Terrorist activities and financial market performance: evidence from Sri Lanka / Albert Wijeweera -- Greed, grievance and violent separatism in South Asia / Matthew J. Webb -- The Himalayan ranges, glaciers, lakes and rivers: an international ecological, economic and military outlook / Lavanya Vemsani -- Defense, security and the economy in South Asian countries / Christos Kollias & Stephanos Papadamou -- A survival analysis of the onset of peace in South Asia / Ali C. Tasiran & Zainab Kazim Ali -- Conclusion

A separatist conflict has been ongoing in India-administered Kashmir since 1989. Focusing on this region, this book critiques the existing normative theories of secession, and offers a comprehensive examination of the right of sub-groups to secede. The book looks at the different accounts of the moral right to secede, and assesses both the theories themselves as well as the claims of those who want to separate Kashmir from India. Included within this analysis are the three main types of normative theory that ground the right of groups to secede in principles of national self: determination, consensual governance and rectificatory justice. Previous studies have discussed the causes behind the uprising in Kashmir against Indian authority and examined some of the legal and geo-political implications of the conflict for India and the wider region. This book provides a new way of looking at the Kashmir dispute, by asking what these theories tell us about Kashmir, and in turn what the example of Kashmir allows us to learn about these theories. It is of interest to students and scholars of South Asian Politics and International Relations.

Destructive conflicts have thwarted growth and development in South Asia for more than half a century. This collection of multi-disciplinary essays examines the economic causes and consequences of military conflict in South Asia from a variety of perspectives embracing fiscal, social, strategic, environmental and several other dimensions