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Mauritian Hinduism and Globalisation Transformation and Reinvention

Mauritian Hinduism and Globalisation Transformation and Reinvention

This book presents an original and comprehensive overview of the transformation of Mauritian Hinduism against the backdrop of globalisation. It discusses themes such as the cult of Baharia Puja; the cult of “Camp De Masque”; changes in popular cults; temples and associative strategies of social integration; emergence of Hanuman; ritual innovations in politics and religious and political transformation due to globalisation to highlight the link between the reinvention of Hinduism and Mauritian capitalism. The first of its kind this book with its rich ethnographic accounts will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of religion Hinduism social anthropology sociology cultural studies diaspora studies sociology of religion and African studies. | Mauritian Hinduism and Globalisation Transformation and Reinvention

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Science and Scientification in South Asia and Europe

Science and Scientification in South Asia and Europe

This volume critically examines the role of science in the humanities and social sciences. It studies how cultures and societies in South Asia and Europe underwent a transformation with the adoption or adaptation of scientific methods turning ancient cultural processes and phenomena into an enhanced scientific structure. The chapters in this book Discuss the development of science as a method in modern and historical contexts and the differences between modern science scientification and pseudoscience. Study the interactions between bodies of knowledge such as Sanskrit and computer science; mathematics and Vedic mathematics; science and philosophy. Drawing on textual material extensive fieldwork and in-depth interviews this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of philosophy Indology history linguistics history and philosophy of science and social science. | Science and Scientification in South Asia and Europe

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Education and Empowerment in India Policies and practices

Education and Empowerment in India Policies and practices

This book explores the critical linkages between education and empowerment of women marginalized groups and other disadvantaged sections of society. It: Provides an overview of educational policies and practices from India’s independence to the present day and tracks relevant changes and amendments. Examines a range of issues connected with education such as the Right to Education Act; empowerment and community mobilization; higher education challenges and other emerging topics. Brings together both theoretical postulates and empirical findings. | Education and Empowerment in India Policies and practices

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Macroeconomics and Markets in Developing and Emerging Economies

Macroeconomics and Markets in Developing and Emerging Economies

The book presents and further develops basic principles and concepts in international finance and open economy macroeconomics to make them more relevant for emerging and developing economies (EDEs). The volume emphasises the necessity of greater knowledge of context as populous Asian economies integrate with world markets as well as the rapidly changing nature of the area due to rethinking after the global financial crisis. It addresses a host of themes including key issues such as exchange rate economics macroeconomic policy in an open economy analytical frameworks for and experience of EDEs after liberalisation the international financial system currency and financial crises continuing risks and regulatory response. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of economics especially in macroeconomics business and finance and development studies. | Macroeconomics and Markets in Developing and Emerging Economies

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Colonialism and Resistance Society and State in Manipur

Colonialism and Resistance Society and State in Manipur

Part of the ‘Transition in Northeastern India’ series this volume critically explores how Northeast India especially Manipuri society responded to colonial rule. It studies the interplay between colonialism and resistance to provide an alternative understanding of colonialism on the one hand and society and state formation on the other. Challenging dominant histories of the area the essays provide significant insights into understanding colonialism and its multiple effects on economy polity culture and faith system. It examines hitherto untouched areas in the study of Northeast and discusses how social movements are augmented constituted or sustained. This book will be of great interest to researchers and scholars of modern history sociology and social anthropology particularly those concerned with Northeast India. | Colonialism and Resistance Society and State in Manipur

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Brands and Branding Strategy to Build and Nurture Brands

Brands and Branding Strategy to Build and Nurture Brands

This volume examines the importance of strategic brand imaging and brand management. It covers the fundamentals of launching growing leveraging and managing brands in a global context the strategic decisions related to brand building and the integration of the 4Ps in implementing the brand strategy. The book presents a practical perspective on building brands through social media and using artificial intelligence technologies. Readers will get a clear introductory understanding about the role of consumer behavior the research methods that every brand manager must be familiar with brand architecture portfolio brand equity and valuation. Branding requires vision to foresee logic to understand the market and the art of understanding consumers. This book is a guide for readers and professionals who are interested in all aspects of branding and brand building. It will also be useful for scholars and students of Marketing Advertising and Brand Management Business Studies Business Communication Media and Journalism and Public Relations and for marketing professionals. It will help them understand fundamentals and practical application of brand management. | Brands and Branding Strategy to Build and Nurture Brands

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Spaces and Places in Western India Formations and Delineations

Spaces and Places in Western India Formations and Delineations

This book studies places and spaces in Western India both as geographical locations and as imagined constructs. It uncovers the rich history of the region from the perspective of places of pilgrimage commerce community expression and indigeneity. The volume examines how spaces are intrinsically connected to the lived experiences of people. It explores how spaces in Western India have been constructed over time and how these are reflected in both historical and contemporary settings – in the art architecture political movements and in identity formation. The rich examples explored in this volume include sites of Bhakti and Sufi literature Maharashtrian-Sikh identity Mahanubhav pilgrimage monetary practices of the Peshwas and the internet as an emancipatory space for the Dalit youth in Maharashtra. The chapters in this book establish and affirm the forever evolving cultural topography of Western India. Taking a multidimensional approach this book widens the scope of academic discussions on the theme of space and place. It will be useful for scholars and researchers of history cultural studies geography the humanities city studies and sociology. | Spaces and Places in Western India Formations and Delineations

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Digital India and the Poor Policy Technology and Society

Digital India and the Poor Policy Technology and Society

Digital India and The Poor examines how the poor are evoked in contemporary Indian political discourse. It studies the ways in which the disadvantaged are accounted for in the increasingly digitised political economy commercial and public policy media and academic research. This book: Interrogates the category of the poor in India and how they have come to be classified in economic and policy documents over the past few decades Explores the influential digital education technology ‘experiments’ conducted in Indian slums from the late 1990s now popularly known as the ‘hole-in-the-wall experiments’ Discusses financial inclusion initiatives predominantly as they converged between 2014 and 2017 such as the Jan Dhan Yojana the Aadhaar Project and the banknote demonetisation Presents an in-depth study of the bearing of technology on domestic employment in India The book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of South Asian studies politics political science and sociology technology studies linguistics and development studies. | Digital India and the Poor Policy Technology and Society

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Indian Ocean and Maritime Security Competition Cooperation and Threat

Indian Ocean and Maritime Security Competition Cooperation and Threat

This book provides a synoptic view of the Indian Ocean and maritime security in its contested waters. Using a historical approach it reveals vital links to events in the present day. The volume: Highlights the competition between major Asian powers to control the ‘String of Pearls’ — a reference to the Chinese attempts at controlling the Indian Ocean periphery. Shows that cooperation amongst the major powers of the region could abate the threat of the potential of conflict becoming global and inviting external intervention. Discusses India’s Look-East policy and the deepening relation between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Argues for the need of Indian Ocean states and particularly the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) members of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) to look afresh at their political and security issues and common interests. Suggests measures for evolving a robust mechanism of maintaining the Indian Ocean as a sustainable zone of commerce energy security and peace rather than threat. A major contribution on a critical area in Asian geopolitics this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of international relations politics defence studies and maritime security studies along with strategic affairs experts and think tanks. | Indian Ocean and Maritime Security Competition Cooperation and Threat

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The Belt and Road Initiative Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Aspects

The Belt and Road Initiative Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Aspects

This book studies the geopolitical and geoeconomic aspects of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It argues that the BRI has the potential to redesign the spatial and territorial dimensions of governance and effectively counterbalance the hitherto predominant hegemonies of the Anglo-American sea power. The volume: Highlights the main geopolitical patterns including geographical economic financial technological and strategic factors guiding the BRI on a global scale Presents a historical account of the development of the Silk Road and underlines its contemporary relevance Traces China’s growing inf luence from Eurasia to America Discusses how the Initiative is likely to transform international relations by the middle of the 21st century. A comprehensive guide to China’s rise as the new centre of gravity in global geopolitics the book will be indispensable for students of political studies geopolitics international relations and foreign policy. It will also be useful for policymakers strategic investors think tanks and government officials. | The Belt and Road Initiative Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Aspects

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Gandhi and Liberalism Satyagraha and the Conquest of Evil

Gandhi and Liberalism Satyagraha and the Conquest of Evil

One of the main themes running through Gandhi’s life and work was the battle against evil. This book offers a fascinating reconstruction of Gandhi and the doctrine of Ahimsa or non-violence. Gandhi’s moral perfectionism is contrasted with other forms of perfectionism but the book stresses that Gandhi also offered a doctrine of the second best. Following Gandhi the author argues that outward violence with compassion is intrinsically not as good as non-violence with compassion but it is a second best that is sometimes a necessary evil in an imperfect world. The book provides an illuminating analysis of coercion non-co-operation civil disobedience and necessary evil comparing Gandhi’s ideas with that of some of the leading western moral legal and political philosophers. Further some of his important ideas are shown to have relevance for the working of the Indian Constitution. This book will be essential for scholars and researchers in moral legal and political philosophy Gandhi studies political science and South Asian studies. | Gandhi and Liberalism Satyagraha and the Conquest of Evil

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Gender Violence and Governmentality Legal and Policy Initiatives in India

Gender Violence and Governmentality Legal and Policy Initiatives in India

This book critically examines gender-based violence in India and interrogates the legal and policy discourse surrounding it. It discusses various forms of violence faced by women such as sex selective abortion trafficking rape domestic violence as well as the violence faced by female sex workers and transgenders in India. It draws on in-depth interviews and case studies to highlight the socio-economic conditions of the survivors who find themselves forced to contend with legal and policy framework that is inadequate to deal with these issues. The author analyses the major laws against violence and the policies introduced to ameliorate the condition of survivors in order to understand the potential and challenges of these initiatives from a postmodern and feminist perspective. The book also addresses the survivors’ realisation of agency and resistance which is seen to be expressed both sporadically and on day-to-day basis. An important and timely contribution this book will be indispensable to students and researchers of gender and sexuality feminism minority studies sociology and social policy politics law human rights and South Asian studies. It will also be of interest to policymakers government agencies think tanks and NGOs working in the area. | Gender Violence and Governmentality Legal and Policy Initiatives in India

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Gender Environment and Sustainable Development Challenges and Responses from India

Gender Environment and Sustainable Development Challenges and Responses from India

This book studies environment and sustainable development from the perspective of gender. It focuses on three major themes including sustainability of development practices policy perspectives on environmental management and climate change and its gendered impact. It includes contributions from academicians working across disciplines and practitioners working at the grassroots levels. The book addresses issues facing India amid a growing global environmental crisis and suggests policy measures for environmental protection and to improve the quality of life of its inhabitants. Lucid and topical the volume will be an indispensable resource for students researchers of gender environment and sustainable development sociology and public policy. It will also be a great resource for advocacy groups non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and policymakers working in the area. | Gender Environment and Sustainable Development Challenges and Responses from India

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Literature and the War on Terror Nation Democracy and Liberalisation

Literature and the War on Terror Nation Democracy and Liberalisation

This book examines cultural imaginations post 9/11. It explores the idea of a religious community and its multifaceted representations in literature and popular culture. The essays in the volume focus on the role of literature film music television shows and other cultural forms in opening up spaces for complex reflections on identities and cultures and how they enable us to rethink the ‘trauma of familiarity’ post-traumatic heterotopias religious extremism and the idea of the ‘neighbour’ in post-9/11 literary and cultural imagination. The volume also probes the intersections of religion popular media televised simulacrum and digital martyrdom in the wake of 9/11. It also probes the simulation of new- age media images with reference to the creation and dissemination of ‘martyrs’ the languages of grief religionisation of terrorism islamophobia religious stereotypes and the reading of comics in writing the terror. An essential read the book reclaims and reinterprets the alternative to a Eurocentric/Americentric understanding of cultural and geopolitical structures of global designs. It will be of great interest to researchers of literature and cultural studies media studies politics film studies and South Asian studies. | Literature and the War on Terror Nation Democracy and Liberalisation

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Maoist Insurgency State and People Overlooked Issues and Unaddressed Grievances

Maoist Insurgency State and People Overlooked Issues and Unaddressed Grievances

This book critically studies descriptive normative and ethical aspects of violence to understand the Maoist conflict in India. It studies important but often overlooked issues such as reasons for youth participation in insurgency the reality and the rhetoric of the urban Maoism debate rights and entitlements of the local communities and their interactions with the Maoist conflict and issues of governance and development. The volume: examines the origins of Maoist insurgency why it continues the factions counterinsurgency impact of violence on education and other development indicators investigates how a conflict with an alternative idea of democracy violently clashes with an established democratic Indian state deals with the critical aspects of the Maoist movement in India and the status of Urban Maoism or Urban Naxal evaluates state responses to the movement and its impact on the economic status of affected communities discusses the gender dimension of armed conflict through a feminist lens and explores how women navigate through varied socio-cultural and gender norms while participating in the conflict Studying a wide range of critical issues this volume will be of interest particularly to scholars of political science development studies public administration security studies peace and conflict studies and human rights. | Maoist Insurgency State and People Overlooked Issues and Unaddressed Grievances

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Violence and Non-Violence across Time History Religion and Culture

Violence and Non-Violence across Time History Religion and Culture

This book probes the complex interweaving across time and cultures of violence and non-violence from the perspective of the present. One of the first of its kind it offers a comprehensive examination of the interpenetration of violence and non-violence as much in human nature as in human institutions with reference to different continents cultures and religions over centuries. It points to the present paradox that even as violence of unprecedented lethality threatens the very survival of humankind non-violence increasingly appears as an unlikely feasible alternative. The essays presented here cover a wide cultural–temporal spectrum — from Vedic sacrifice early Jewish–Christian polemics the Crusades and medieval Japan to contemporary times. They explore aspects of the violence–non-violence dialectic in a coherent frame of analysis across themes such as war jihad death salvation religious and philosophical traditions including Buddhism Christianity Judaism Hinduism Islam mysticism monism and Neoplatonism texts such as Ramayana Mahabharata and Quran as well as issues faced by Dalits and ethical imperatives for clinical trials among others. Offering thematic width and analytical depth to the treatment of the subject the contributors bring their disciplinary expertise and cultural insights ranging from the historical to sociological theological philosophical and metaphysical as well as their sensitive erudition to deepening an understanding of a grave issue. The book will be useful to scholars and researchers of history peace and conflict studies political science political thought and cultural studies as well as those working on issues of violence and non-violence. | Violence and Non-Violence across Time History Religion and Culture

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Higher Education and Professional Ethics Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers

Higher Education and Professional Ethics Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers

This book discusses the significance relevance and usefulness of professional ethics in the context of higher education. It highlights the pivotal role of professional ethics in offering teachers a better understanding of their responsibilities duties rights and institutional obligations as they work to provide quality education. The volume investigates the connection between the adoption of professional ethics by individual faculty members in higher education and the development of work cultures in higher educational institutions. It explores the requisite modifications of the Teachers’ Code of Ethics in relation to the usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in teaching–learning platforms. While examining the validity reliability and application of professional ethics in the higher education sector the book also illustrates the application of codes of ethics to resolve conflicting interests and commitments. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers in higher education the philosophy of education applied ethics public policy and the social sciences. | Higher Education and Professional Ethics Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers

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Population and the Political Imagination Census Register and Citizenship in India

Population and the Political Imagination Census Register and Citizenship in India

This book identifies population as a central issue of polity and examines its links to ideas of state and citizenship. It explores the relationship between the state citizenship and polity by reexamining processes related to census enumeration population and citizen registers and the politics of classificatory governmentality. Religion ethnicity caste and political class play a key role in determining community identities and the relationship between an individual and the state. Contextualizing the arguments and controversies around the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA 2019) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) the book examines the processes of inclusion or exclusion of minorities and migrants as citizens in India. It focusses on the classification of irregular and refugee migration since independence in India especially in the state of Assam. The book highlights how political imagination as a theoretical framework shapes the processes and strategies for enumeration and classification and thereby the idea of citizenship. Underlining the relationship between instruments of government political mobilization and the resurgence of communal polarization it also offers suggestions for alternative constructions of citizenship and an inclusive state. This book will be useful for students and researchers of population studies population geography migration studies sociology political science social anthropology law and journalism. It will also be of interest to policy makers journalists as well as NGOs and CSOs. | Population and the Political Imagination Census Register and Citizenship in India

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Understanding Space Time and Causality Modern Physics and Ancient Indian Traditions

Understanding Space Time and Causality Modern Physics and Ancient Indian Traditions

This book examines issues related to the concepts of space time and causality in the context of modern physics and ancient Indian traditions. It looks at the similarity and convergence of these concepts of modern physics with those discussed in ancient Indian wisdom. The volume brings the methodologies of empiricism and introspection together to highlight the synergy between these two strands. It discusses wide-ranging themes including the quantum vacuum as ultimate reality quantum entanglement and metaphysics of relations identity and individuality and dark energy and anti-matter as discussed in physics and in Indian philosophical schools like Vedanta Yoga Buddhist Kashmiri Shaivism and Jaina Philosophy. First of its kind this book will be an essential read for scholars and researches of philosophy Indian philosophy philosophy of science theoretical physics and social science. | Understanding Space Time and Causality Modern Physics and Ancient Indian Traditions

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Social Sector Development and Governance Empirical Investigations for Countries and Groups

Social Sector Development and Governance Empirical Investigations for Countries and Groups

This volume explores the impact of good governance upon social sectors’ development in India and other selected economies of the world. Economic development in the true sense depends on the development of different social sectors like education healthcare gender equality etc. as well as economic factors. Good governance makes the sectors perform well on the one hand and helps in economic growth and development on the other. Conversely bad or weak governance in the form of corruption and low effectiveness of the governments may lead to poor performance of the sectors and low growth and backwardness of the economies. This book explores the associations between different social sectors’ performances with quality of governance and growth and development of different economies and groups in detail and establishes theoretical and empirical examinations for the individual economies and groups from the different corners of the globe with the help of new theories and latest data. This book will be useful for students and researchers in the fields of Economics Sociology Political Studies Public Finance International Relations Social Sciences as well as policy makers and think tanks. | Social Sector Development and Governance Empirical Investigations for Countries and Groups

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India and Global Governance A Rising Power and Its Discontents

India and Global Governance A Rising Power and Its Discontents

This volume explores India’s role in the global governance architecture post–Cold War. It shows how with a rise in India’s capabilities there is an expectation from its external interlocutors that New Delhi ought to play a larger global role. As Indian policymakers redefine their engagements in the global policy matrix the chapters in the volume analyse India’s role as a challenger and a stakeholder in world politics; its uneasy relationship with Western liberal democracies; and its role in shaping new structures of global governance. The volume focuses on a host of critical issues including nuclear policy climate action politics India’s bid for a permanent seat at the UN Security Council humanitarian interventions trade governance democracy promotion India’s engagement with other emerging powers in platforms such as the BRICS the changing dynamics with its neighbours and maritime governance. A timely reimagining of global politics this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics and international relations climate change military and strategic studies economics and South Asian studies. | India and Global Governance A Rising Power and Its Discontents

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Immigration and Integration Policy in Europe Denmark and Sweden 1970–2010

Immigration and Integration Policy in Europe Denmark and Sweden 1970–2010

This book analyzes contemporary changes in immigration and integration policy in the wake of populism and rise of right-wing parties across the world. It examines how in the face of substantial migratory flows rising security concerns regarding immigration and a refugee crisis of unprecedented levels member states of the European Union have responded by calling for restrictive immigration policies border patrolling and intensified integration programs. Focusing on Denmark and Sweden the volume employs a unified theoretical framework to look at how internal political debates institutional patterns constitutional frameworks and political competition are key to a systematic explanation of immigration and integration policy changes in Europe. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of migration and diaspora studies public policy politics and international relations sociology and social anthropology as well as government officials think tanks and policymakers. | Immigration and Integration Policy in Europe Denmark and Sweden 1970–2010

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Economics of Public and Private Healthcare and Health Insurance in India

Economics of Public and Private Healthcare and Health Insurance in India

This book critically examines the public and private healthcare systems in India. Analysing the current scenario of health insurance in India it studies the inadequacy of public healthcare services and unaffordability of private health care facilities. The volume investigates government sponsored health insurance schemes and advocates for the need of universal health insurance coverage. It details India’s per capita health expenditure and provides policy inputs on how healthcare systems and insurance coverage can be improved in the country. Further it explores the financial parameters of health insurers and standalone private health insurance companies and also discusses the adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Indian healthcare. An insightful read on the state of healthcare in India this book will be of interest to researchers and academics working in the fields of insurance healthcare administration and management public health policy and practice health and social care medical sociology and sociology & social policy. It will also be useful for think tanks and policy makers. | Economics of Public and Private Healthcare and Health Insurance in India

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Cooperative Federalism in South Asia and Europe Contemporary Issues and Trends

Cooperative Federalism in South Asia and Europe Contemporary Issues and Trends

This book explores the challenges opportunities and trends impacting the working of federations in South Asia and Europe. It deliberates on the changing socio-economic realities challenges facing the existing structures of governance degrees of consociationalism and the growing aspirations of people in South Asia and Europe. Through case studies from Greece Germany Austria Switzerland Spain France Sri Lanka Pakistan Nepal Maldives Bhutan and India the volume focuses on critical issues relating to cooperative federalism – its complexities institutional dilemmas and trends in South Asia and Europe. It discusses a variety of themes relevant to Cooperative Federalism including federal-state relations; cooperative governance; constitution; multiculturalism fiscal relations democratization devolution of powers consociationalism and global citizenship in South Asia and Europe. The book further emphasizes the need to strike a balance between the federal government and the constituent units in these two regions. Topical and lucid this book will be of interest to teachers scholars and researchers of political science comparative government and politics federalism South Asian politics European politics governance studies and political studies. | Cooperative Federalism in South Asia and Europe Contemporary Issues and Trends

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Power Legitimacy and World Order Changing Contours of Preconditions and Perspectives

Power Legitimacy and World Order Changing Contours of Preconditions and Perspectives

This book reflects on the reasons for the decline of international cooperation in world politics and studies ways to restore legitimacy in the international order. It engages with the concept of legitimacy in international relations theories and practices to examine the discussions around power shifts the decline of liberalism demands for inclusive international architectures and challenges to multilateralism as well as established norms by leaders and nationalisms. It studies the impact of the post-COVID-19 world order on the nature of power in the international system and changes in normative concerns of security. The volume also interrogates political legitimacy through an area studies lens by examining the concept of legitimacy separately in the USA Europe South Asia Southeast Asia Latin America and Africa. An important and timely text featuring contributions from eminent scholars this book will be of use to students and researchers of modern history political science and international relations. It will also be of interest to think tanks and policy-making bodies concerned with international affairs and foreign policy. | Power Legitimacy and World Order Changing Contours of Preconditions and Perspectives

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