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Zusatztext 'Outstanding Research Award' for the best book in the Social Sciences by the Higher Education Commission Government of Pakistan"The book presents a very balanced approach while constructing the narratives of identity of both India and Pakistan despite the fact that the author is a native of Pakistan. This volume greatly advances our understanding of South Asian politics and it will serve as an important reference text for students of International Relations."Bal Gopal Shrestha! University of Oxford"This study is recommended for an expert-level analytical circle which wants to evolve and formulate a constructive peace proposal between India and Pakistan"Malik Qasim Mustafa! Research Fellow! Institute of Strategic Studies! Islamabad Informationen zum Autor Muhammad Shoaib Pervez is Associate Professor and the Chair of Department of Political Science and IR at University of Management and Technology Lahore, Pakistan, and also a former post-doctoral Fulbright Fellow at SIPA, Columbia University, New York, USA Zusammenfassung The security relationship between India and Pakistan is generally viewed through a neo-realist lens. This book explains the rivalry of these countries by looking at the socio-cultural norms at two levels, and discusses a hypothetical security community that could result in peace in the region. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The India-Pakistan conflict: Social constructivism versus neo-realism neo-liberalism 3. The social constructivist security dilemma and the security community: the popular and elites’ social practices 4. The identities of India and Pakistan in the formative phase of state building: ideology as a key identity signifier 5. The Kashmir dispute: the quest of India and Pakistan identities and Kashmiriyat, the estranged Kashmir identity 6. India-Pakistan nuclear rivalry: the influence of ideology upon elites' social practices 7. Exploration of norms for a hypothetical security community between India and Pakistan 8. Conclusion ...
