India as a rising power in Afghanistan post-2001 : can status explain it better?
Evaluating India's involvement in Afghanistan post-2001, this dissertation proposes that the Indian approach towards this country can be captured more comprehensively using the concept of status. As a catch-all concept, status can account for both the material and ideological dimensions of i...
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| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76096 |
| Summary: | Evaluating India's involvement in Afghanistan post-2001, this dissertation proposes that the
Indian approach towards this country can be captured more comprehensively using the concept
of status. As a catch-all concept, status can account for both the material and ideological
dimensions of interactions between actors in the global order. Consequently, this concept
becomes an effective analytical tool that can allow this research to locate the material and
ideological factors that have informed India's Afghanistan policy in the post-2001 era in a more
holistic manner. It is proposed that in using status as an analytical category, this dissertation will
provide a complementary approach to the existing schools of thought in international relations
for evaluating India's engagements with other states (and non-state actors) in general. |
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