Jammu and Kashmir: Impact on Polity, Society and Economy - Hardcover

V. R. Raghavan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9381411212 ISBN 13: 9789381411216

Publisher: Vij Books India, 2012

Synopsis

The problem in Jammu and Kashmir, having caused three major wars between India and Pakistan, has since late 1980's become a serious internal security problem. This is a politico-religious conflict reflecting elements of secession, self rule and greater economic control. Its effects are not only across the border but also global, with its potential to lead to war between two nuclear weapon states.The CSA study focuses on the consequences since causes remain historical while consequences are realities which societies and the government have to face. In long lasting internal conflicts, consequences tend to influence the conflict and even become the drivers of conflict. The generation which has been born and brought up facing the consequences also develops stakes in them. This volume focuses external and internal consequences of the conflict exploring the impact on governance, economy, interprovincial and interreligious relations, and specific segments of the society. It comprises of twelve research papers presented at the seminar held in Jammu in September 2010 in collaboration with the Department of Strategic and Regional Studies (DSRS), University of Jammu.

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About the Author:

Lt Gen (Retd) VR Raghavan is President, Centre for Security Analysis and Advisor, Delhi Policy Group, New Delhi. He is a member of India's National Security Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Task Force set up by the Government of India to Review Defence Preparedness. After a distinguished career in the Indian Army, where he was decorated on three occasions, he retired as Director General of Military Operations. His combat experience includes operations in wars with Pakistan and China and in counterinsurgency campaigns. The General is an elected member of the Council of United Services Institution of India and was Council Member, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London. He was also member of the Committee to review the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. He was a Commissioner of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission chaired by Dr Hans Blix and also advisor and research consultant to the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament convened by the Governments of Australia and Japan. He was Visiting Fellow at Centre for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University and Henry L Stimson Centre. He has authored books amongst which, the monograph, India's Need for Strategic Balance; essay on Limited War and Nuclear Escalation in South Asia, the books Infantry in India, and Siachen-Conflict without End are widely known. He has edited more than two dozen books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vij Books India
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 9381411212
• ISBN 13: 9789381411216
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 298