Constructing national security : U.S. relations with India and China / / Jarrod Hayes, Georgia Institute of Technology [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787673203321
• Autore: Hayes Jarrod <1978->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-139-89315-7; 1-107-42523-9; 1-107-42302-3; 1-107-41734-1; 1-107-41995-6; 1-107-42120-9; 1-139-62896-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 237 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 327.73054
• Soggetti: National security - United States; National security - India; National security - China; United States Foreign relations India; United States Foreign relations China
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: The Social and Political Nature of Security -- Identity as Boundary Condition: Enabling and Constraining Security -- Beyond the Democratic Peace: Rising Powers -- At Many Crossroads: Relating to International Relations Scholarship -- Structure of the Book -- ; 1. Securitization, Identity, and Security Outcomes -- The Copenhagen School and Securitization Theory -- Bringing in Identity -- Putting the Pieces Together: Identity and the Construction of Democratic Security -- Methods: Focal Points and Discourses -- ; pt. I DEMOCRACY, SECURITY, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIA AND THE UNITED STATES -- The Indo-American Literature -- Roadmap and Theoretical Expectations -- ; 2. Near Miss: The Bangladesh War, India, and the United States in 1971 -- Historical OverView and Literature -- ; The Case -- Conclusions; ; 3. Nuclear Games: The United States, India, and the Desecuritization of Nuclear Weapons -- Historical Overview and Literature -- 1974 PNE -- The 1998 Nuclear Tests -- Desecuritizing Proliferation: 2005 U.S.-India Nuclear Deal -- Conclusions -- Democratic Identity and Security in Indo-American Relations -- ; pt. II THE NONDEMOCRATIC "OTHER": THE SINO-AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP -- The Sino-American Literature -- Roadmap and Theoretical Expectations -- ; 4. Near Miss: China and the United States in the 1995-1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis -- Historical Overview and Literature -- The Case -- Public Response -- Conclusions -- ; 5. Collision Course: The 2001 Hainan Island EP-3 Incident -- Historical Overview and Literature -- The Case -- Conclusions -- Democratic Identity and Security in Sino-American Relations -- Conclusion: The Social Construction of Security -- Theoretical and Empirical Contributions -- Policy Significance -- Moving Forward.
• Sommario/riassunto: Jarrod Hayes explores why democracies tend not to use military force against each other. He argues that democratic identity - the shared understanding within democracies of who 'we' are and what 'we' expect from each other - makes it difficult for political leaders to construct external democracies as threats. At the same time, he finds that democratic identity enables political actors to construct external non-democracies as threats. To explore his argument, he looks at US relations with two rising powers: India and China. Through his argument and case studies, Professor Hayes addresses not just the democratic peace but also the larger processes of threat construction in international security, the role of domestic institutions in international relations, and the possibility for conflict between the United States and the world's two most populous countries.