
Postscripts on Independence
Foreign Policy Ideas, Identity, and Institutions in India and South Africa
Vineet Thakur(Author)
OUP India (Publisher)
Published on 19. July 2018
Book
Hardback
388 pages
978-0-19-947964-1 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-947964-1 (9780199479641)
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Foreign Policy Ideas, Identity, and Institutions in India and South Africa
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Vineet Thakur teaches International Relations at the Institute for History, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Author
University LecturerUniversity Lecturer, University of Leiden
Series Editor
Associate ProfessorAssociate Professor, Centre for International Politics, Organisation & Disarmament, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Betty G.C Cartwright Professor of Political SciencwBetty G.C Cartwright Professor of Political Sciencw, Department of Political Science, Vassar College, New York, USA
Professor of Political ScienceProfessor of Political Science, University of Minnesota, USA
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction List of Abbreviations Part One Ideas and Identities 1. Indian Foreign Policy: The Discourse of Civilizational Pacifism 2. South African Foreign Policy: A Contest for African Identity Part Two Institutions 3. ' Panditji Knows Best': Bureaucratic Culture and the Making of the Ministry of External Affairs
4. From Pigmentocracy to Representocracy: The Transformation of the Department of Foreign Affairs Conclusion Bibliography
Introduction List of Abbreviations Part One Ideas and Identities 1. Indian Foreign Policy: The Discourse of Civilizational Pacifism 2. South African Foreign Policy: A Contest for African Identity Part Two Institutions 3. ' Panditji Knows Best': Bureaucratic Culture and the Making of the Ministry of External Affairs
4. From Pigmentocracy to Representocracy: The Transformation of the Department of Foreign Affairs Conclusion Bibliography