Postscripts on Independence: Foreign Policy Ideas, Identity, and Institutions in India and South Africa - Rilegato

Thakur, Vineet

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ISBN 10: 019947964X ISBN 13: 9780199479641

Casa editrice: OUP India, 2018

Riassunto

India and South Africa, two states that bookended the process of twentieth century decolonization, punched above their weight in global politics in their initial years of liberation. Postscripts on Independence analyses and compares the making of foreign policy ideas, identities, and institutions of postcolonial India and South Africa. It shows how both countries have responded to the contradictory demands of their freedom struggles against colonialism and pragmatic challenges of international politics. Vineet Thakur argues that the countries' geopolitical positioning in South Asia and southern Africa make them regional powers, with similar sets of problems and prospects, as both continue to grapple with the idea of maintaining regional and/or continental hegemony. By undertaking a comparative analysis, he explores a framework to understand the foreign policymaking fears, aspirations, and international behaviour of these two states.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Vineet Thakur teaches International Relations at the Institute for History, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP India
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 019947964X
• ISBN 13: 9780199479641
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 388
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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