The Routledge Handbook of South Asia : Region, Security and Connectivity (Paperback)

List of Tables viii

Introduction 1

1 Post-Colonial Identities, Ethnic Conflicts, and Security Dilemma in South Asia 17

2 South Asian Identity: Examining the State-Society Interface 31

3 Politics of Democracy in South Asia: People’s Aspiration and the Structure of the State 49

4 Transition of Monarchy in South Asia: The Case of Nepal 65

Raksha Pandey

5 Transitions in Governance: Polity, Policy, and Regionalism in South Asia 78

6 Civil Society in South Asia: Plurality, Convergence and Paradoxes 96

7 Religion and Politics in South Asia: Select Case Studies 110

8 Lilliputians’ Dilemma: Survival Strategies of Small States in South Asia 131

9 Untangling the South Asia?China Nuclear Problematique 147

10 Impact of Globalization on South Asia 161

11 Prospects of Growth Dynamism in South Asia: Trade and Investment as Drivers of Regional Development 176

12 A Novel Approach for Integration in South Asia: Through Trade Promotion and Economic Corridors 198

13 Connectivity Across South Asia: Possibilities and Intrinsic Challenges 213

14 Developments in Sustainable Blue Economy in South Asia 227

15 Climate Change and River Waters in South Asia: Scarcity, Security and the Avoidance of Zero-Sum Approaches in the Anthropocene Epoch 245

Ananya Sharma and Varun Sahni

16 Governing Water Resources in India: Role of Water Law, Policy, and Institutions 263

17 Environment and Sustainable Development in South Asia 276

18 Energy Security and Cooperation in South Asia 293

19 A Sub-Regional Resuscitation in South Asia: Enlivening the BIMSTEC 311

20 Comparing the SAARC and the ASEAN 326

21 The European Union’s Relations with South Asia 339

22 China in South Asia: The Xi Jinping Era 354

23 United States?South Asia Relations: Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Biden Administration 365

24 The Multipolar World and South Asia 380

Anindya Jyoti Majumdar

Index 391