The Crisis in Kashmir

Informationen zum Autor Sumit Ganguly is the Rabindranath Tagore Professor of Indiana Cultures and Civilizations and Director of the India Studies Institute at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. He is an expert on the international relations of the countries of South Asia; ethnic, nationalist, and religious violence; and nuclear politics. Zusammenfassung This book traces the origins of the insurgency in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. The first theoretically-grounded account! it is based on extensive interviews. Professor Ganguly's central argument is that the insurgency can be explained by political mobilisation and institutional decay. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; Maps; 1. The Kashmir conundrum; 2. Political mobilization and the onset of the insurgency; 3. The past as contrast; or, the dog that didn't bark; 4. Another war and Mrs. Gandhi's legacy; 5. The proximate causes: the Rajiv-Farooq accord and the outbreak of the insurgency; 6. The crisis worsens; 7. Strategies and options for resolving the crisis; Epilogue; Appendices; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Sumit Gangulit, ¿Umit Ganguly, Sumit Ganguly, Umit Ganguly
• Assisted by: Lee H. Hamilton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.1999
• EAN: 9780521655668
• ISBN: 978-0-521-65566-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 227 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education