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Author Commuri, Gitika.

Title Indian identity narratives and the politics of security / Gitika Commuri
Published New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif : SAGE Publications, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 308 pages)
Contents Identity and the politics of security -- National identity narratives in India : religious-cultural and secular -- National identity narratives and the politics of securing Jammu and Kashmir -- Pakistan : significant patterns in relations with the most important external 'other' -- Relations with China : 'Hindi Chini bhai-bhai' -- Conclusion : identity matters, but--
Summary This book examines the role of identity in the context of international relations and national policies. It analyses national identity conceptions and state behaviour, examining whether identities (seen in terms of self/other relations) constitute a crucial element of state interest, both in terms of end goals and strategies. Primarily, it discusses the effects of secular and religious-cultural discourses of identity on domestic and foreign affairs in the context of India. The book focuses on events from 1990 to 2003 and seeks to unravel how narratives of self and other influence the engagemen
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject National characteristics, East Indian.
Nationalism -- India.
East Indians.
HISTORY.
East Indians
Diplomatic relations
Ethnic relations -- Political aspects
National characteristics, East Indian
Nationalism
Politics and government
SUBJECT India -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects
India -- Foreign relations -- Social aspects
India -- Foreign relations -- Pakistan
Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- India
India -- Foreign relations -- China
China -- Foreign relations -- India
Jammu and Kashmir (India) -- Politics and government
Subject China
India
India -- Jammu and Kashmir
Pakistan
Form Electronic book
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