LEADER 02977nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910791994603321 005 20230725021257.0 010 $a0-8047-7853-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804778534 035 $a(CKB)2560000000072260 035 $a(EBL)683289 035 $a(OCoLC)714569467 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC683289 035 $a(DE-B1597)564298 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804778534 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL683289 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10464814 035 $a(OCoLC)1198929625 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000072260 100 $a20100317d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aSouth Asia's weak states$b[electronic resource] $eunderstanding the regional insecurity predicament /$fedited by T. V. Paul 210 $aUniversity Press $cStanford Security Studies$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (353 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-6220-1 311 $a0-8047-6221-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Part I: Introduction; 1. State Capacity and South Asia's Perennial Insecurity Problems; Part II: State Capacity; 2. State Failure and States Poised to Fail: South Asia and Developing Nations; 3. State Formation, Consolidation, and the Security Challenge: Exploring the Causes of State Incapacity in South Asia; 4. State, Nations, and the Regional Security Order of South Asia; 5. Economic Globalization and State Capacity in South Asia; 6. Symbiosis and Fracture: Civil Society and Weak States in South Asia; Part III: The Regional States 327 $a7. Polity, Security, and Foreign Policy in Contemporary India8. Weak State, Failed State, Garrison State: The Pakistan Saga; 9. Afghanistan: A Weak State in the Path of Power Rivalries; 10. Sri Lanka: Challenges in State Consolidation and Minority Integration; 11. Bangladesh: "A Weak State" with Multiple Security Challenges; 12. Rebellion and State Formation in Nepal: Implications for South Asian Security; Part IV: Conclusions; 13. Transforming South Asia: Is a Pluralistic Security Community Feasible?; Author Biographies; Index 330 $aA comprehensive assessment of the multifaceted security challenges faced by the South Asian states by linking it to the weak state problem of the region. 606 $aNational security$zSouth Asia 606 $aInternal security$zSouth Asia 607 $aSouth Asia$xPolitics and government 607 $aSouth Asia$xForeign relations 615 0$aNational security 615 0$aInternal security 676 $a355/.033054 701 $aPaul$b T. V$0886926 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791994603321 996 $aSouth Asia's weak states$93681433 997 $aUNINA