Book Series

Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

New & Published Titles:

India’s Energy Security

Edited by Ligia Noronha, Anant Sudarshan

This book explores the multifaceted aspects of India’s energy security concerns. Bringing together a set of opinions and analysis from experts and policymakers, it sheds…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46838-1 (Routledge)

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Himalayan Frontiers of India

Historical, Geo-Political and Strategic Perspectives

Edited by K. Warikoo

The Himalaya, which is a great natural frontier for India, symbolises India’s spiritual and national consciousness. The Himalayan region displays wide diversity of cultural patterns,…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46839-8 (Routledge)

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Globalisation and the Middle Classes in India

The Social and Cultural Impact of Neoliberal Reforms

By Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase, Timothy J. Scrase

This book fills an important gap in the existing literature on economic liberalization and globalisation in India by providing much needed ethnographic data from those…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44116-2 (Routledge)

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India’s Open-Economy Policy

Globalism, Rivalry, Continuity

By Jalal Alamgir

This book is the first major exploration of Indian political economy using a constructivist approach. Arguing that India’s open-economy policy was made, justified, and continued…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77684-4 (Routledge)

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The Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka

Terrorism, ethnicity, political economy

By Asoka Bandarage

The book provides a detailed historically-based analysis of the origin, evolution and potential resolution of the civil conflict in Sri Lanka over the struggle to…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77678-3 (Routledge)

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Human Development and Social Power

Perspectives from South Asia

By Ananya Mukherjee Reed

In South Asia and beyond, human development continues to be in a state of crisis. Each successive Human Development Report (HDR) and the pervasive global…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48131-1 (Routledge)

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Pakistan-Japan Relations

Continuity and Change in Economic Relations and Security Interests

By Ahmad Rashid Malik

This is the first book-length study to explain the complex nature of Pakistan-Japan relations. It analyses the evolution and development of relations between the two…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46279-2 (Routledge)

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The South Asian Diaspora

Transnational networks and changing identities

Edited by Rajesh Rai, Peter Reeves

The South Asian Diaspora numbers just under 30 million people worldwide, and it is recognized as the most widely dispersed diaspora. It is, moreover, one…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45691-3 (Routledge)

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Regionalism in South Asia

Negotiating Cooperation, Institutional Structures

By Kishore C. Dash

The dramatic surge in regional integration schemes over the past two decades has been one of the most important developments in world politics. Virtually all…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-43117-0 (Routledge)

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Labor, Democratization and Development in India and Pakistan

By Christopher Candland

In this first comparative study of organized labor in India and Pakistan, the author analyses the impact and role of organized labor in democratization and…

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-42820-0 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Global Capital and Peripheral Labour: The History and Political Economy of Plantation Workers in India
By Ravi Raman
To be published November 30th 2009

Indian Literature and Popular Cinema: Recasting Classics
Edited by Heidi R.M. Pauwels
To be published December 1st 2009

Economic and Human Development in Contemporary India: Cronyism and fragility
By Debdas Banerjee
To be published December 2nd 2009

Culture and the Environment in the Himalaya
Edited by Arjun Guneratne
To be published December 16th 2009

The Multiplex in India: A Cultural Economy of Urban Leisure
By Adrian Athique, Douglas Hill
To be published December 17th 2009

Education and Inequality in India
By Manabi Majumdar, Jos Mooij
To be published March 1st 2010

The Economics of Urban Migration in India
By Vegard Iversen
To be published March 1st 2010

Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: Ethnic and Regional Dimensions
Edited by Dennis B. McGilvray, Michele R. Gamburd
To be published March 3rd 2010

Mohajir Militancy in Pakistan: Violence and Practices of Transformation in the Karachi Conflict
By Nichola Khan
To be published March 5th 2010

Development, Democracy and the State: Critiquing the Kerala Model of Development
Edited by Ravi Raman
To be published March 24th 2010

The Culturalization of Caste in India: Identity and Inequality in a Multicultural Age
By Balmurli Natrajan
To be published March 31st 2010

Bengali Cinema: An Alternative Imaginary
By Sharmistha Gooptu
To be published March 31st 2010

The State in India after Liberalization: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Edited by Akhil Gupta, Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan
To be published May 1st 2010

Nationbuilding, Gender and War Crimes in South Asia
By Bina D’Costa
To be published May 31st 2010

Political Islam and Governance in Bangladesh
Edited by Ali Riaz, Christine Fair
To be published June 1st 2010

Conflict and Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka: Caught in the Peace Trap?
Edited by Jonathan Goodhand, Jonathan Spencer, Benedikt Korf
To be published June 1st 2010

Corporate Social Responsibility in India
By Bidyut Chakrabarty
To be published June 30th 2010

The Biography of Benazir Bhutto
By Omar Noman
To be published July 1st 2010

Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern?
By Zakir Hossain Raju
To be published July 15th 2010

Nation, Constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka
By Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne
To be published July 15th 2010