India - From Regional to World Power (India in the Modern World) - Hardcover

Kapur, Ashok

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415328047 ISBN 13: 9780415328043

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

This book provides an in-depth account of India's role in world politics at the beginning of the twenty-first century. 

The author shows how the approach laid down by Nehru and followed by his successors (an approach that included nuclear self-restraint, the search for friendly relations with Pakistan and China, seeking the high ground in moral and diplomatic spheres, and giving a lead to the non-aligned Third World) has been replaced.

The new, more self-confident and assertive approach of this book is based on India's growing economic strength and has a more strategic and pro-Western orientation. Meticulous in approach, this book discusses this change, shows how it has come about, and explores how India's role in world politics might develop going forward.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of South Asian studies, Asian politics, international relations, and security studies.

About this title

About the Author:

Ashok Kapur is Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. He specializes in South Asian diplomatic and strategic issues including nuclear weapons and missile proliferation as well as regional security structures in Asia. Born in Lahore, he grew up in Shimla and did his advanced graduate work in Washington, DC and Ottawa.

Review:

'This book examines the rise of India to the status of world power. It traces the evolution of Indian diplomacy in the hands of key Indian practitioners, comparing Nehru, the founder of Indian diplomacy with his successors.' - Oxfam Development Resources Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0415328047
• ISBN 13: 9780415328043
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264