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3. State Formation, Consolidation, and the Security Challenge

Exploring the Causes of State Incapacity in South Asia
© 2020 Stanford University Press, Redwood City

© 2020 Stanford University Press, Redwood City

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Tables and Figures ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. PART I. Introduction
  6. 1. State Capacity and South Asia’s Perennial Insecurity Problems 3
  7. PART II: STATE CAPACITY
  8. 2. State Failure and States Poised to Fail 31
  9. 3. State Formation, Consolidation, and the Security Challenge 51
  10. 4. State, Nations, and the Regional Security Order of South Asia 73
  11. 5. Economic Globalization and State Capacity in South Asia 98
  12. 6. Symbiosis and Fracture 122
  13. PART III : THE REGIONAL STATES
  14. 7. Polity, Security, and Foreign Policy in Contemporary India 147
  15. 8. Weak State, Failed State, Garrison State 170
  16. 9. Afghanistan 195
  17. 10. Sri Lanka 220
  18. 11. Bangladesh 241
  19. 12. Rebellion and State Formation in Nepal 265
  20. PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
  21. 13. Transforming South Asia 293
  22. Author Biographies 313
  23. Index 317
South Asia's Weak States
This chapter is in the book South Asia's Weak States
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804778534-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Tables and Figures ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. PART I. Introduction
  6. 1. State Capacity and South Asia’s Perennial Insecurity Problems 3
  7. PART II: STATE CAPACITY
  8. 2. State Failure and States Poised to Fail 31
  9. 3. State Formation, Consolidation, and the Security Challenge 51
  10. 4. State, Nations, and the Regional Security Order of South Asia 73
  11. 5. Economic Globalization and State Capacity in South Asia 98
  12. 6. Symbiosis and Fracture 122
  13. PART III : THE REGIONAL STATES
  14. 7. Polity, Security, and Foreign Policy in Contemporary India 147
  15. 8. Weak State, Failed State, Garrison State 170
  16. 9. Afghanistan 195
  17. 10. Sri Lanka 220
  18. 11. Bangladesh 241
  19. 12. Rebellion and State Formation in Nepal 265
  20. PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
  21. 13. Transforming South Asia 293
  22. Author Biographies 313
  23. Index 317
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