The Worlds of Alfonso the Learned and James the Conqueror : intellect & force in the Middle Ages / Robert I. Burns editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA990004060480403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton (New Jersey) : Princeton University Press, 1985
• ISBN: 0-691-05451-7
• Descrizione fisica: XXV, 232 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
• Disciplina: 946.020922
• Locazione: FLFBC
• Collocazione: 946.02 BUR 3
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Security community in South Asia : India-Pakistan / / Muhammad Shoaib Pervez

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785969803321
• Autore: Pervez Muhammad Shoaib
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-283-70904-X; 0-203-10626-1; 1-136-25727-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in South Asian politics ; ; 2
• Disciplina: 355/.033054
• Soggetti: Security, International - South Asia; South Asia Foreign relations; India Foreign relations Pakistan; Pakistan Foreign relations India; South Asia Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- The India-Pakistan conflict: social constructivism versus neo-realism neo-liberalism -- The social constructivist security dilemma and the security community: the popular and elites' social practices -- The identities of India and Pakistan in the formative phase of state building: ideology as a key identity signifier -- The Kashmir dispute: the quest of India and Pakistan identities and Kashmiriyat, the estranged Kashmir identity -- India-Pakistan nuclear rivalry: the influence of ideology upon elites' social practices -- Exploration of norms for a hypothetical security community between India and Pakistan -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: The security relationship between India and Pakistan is generally viewed through a neo-realist approach of International Relations.. Treading on a different path, this book explains the rivalry of these countries by looking at the socio-cultural norms found at two levels, elites versus popular. Furthermore, it also conceptualizes a hypothetical India-Pakistan security community that could result in peace in the region.The book describes how the rivalry between India and Pakistan is mostly centred on the elites of the two countries. It highlights the presence of a unique normative str