Postscripts On Independence (Cgt) C: Foreign Policy Ideas, Identity, and Institutions in India and South Africa (Critical Global Thought) - Hardcover

Thakur,Vineet

 
9780199479641: Postscripts On Independence (Cgt) C: Foreign Policy Ideas, Identity, and Institutions in India and South Africa (Critical Global Thought)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 019947964X ISBN 13: 9780199479641
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2018

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Vineet Thakur teaches International Relations at the Institute for History, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
019947964X
ISBN 13 
9780199479641
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
386