South Asia`s weak states understanding the regional insecurity predicament

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I. INTRODUCTION -- 1. State Capacity and South Asia's Perennial Insecurity Problems / T. V. Paul -- PART II. STATE CAPACITY -- 2. State Failure and States Poised to Fail: South Asia and Developing Nations / Robert I. Rotberg -- 3. State Formation, Consolidation, and the Security Challenge: Exploring the Causes of State Incapacity in South Asia / Matthew Lange -- 4. State, Nations, and the Regional Security Order of South Asia / Benjamin Miller -- 5. Economic Globalization and State Capacity in South Asia / Baldev Raj Nayar -- 6. Symbiosis and Fracture: Civil Society and Weak States in South Asia / Mustapha Kamal Pasha -- PART III. THE REGIONAL STATES -- 7. Polity, Security, and Foreign Policy in Contemporary India / Rohan Mukherjee -- 8. Weak State, Failed State, Garrison State: The Pakistan Saga / Lawrence Ziring -- 9. Afghanistan: A Weak State in the Path of Power Rivalries / Rasul Bakhsh Rais -- 10. Sri Lanka: Challenges in State Consolidation and Minority Integration / Sankaran Krishna -- 11. Bangladesh: "A Weak State" with Multiple Security Challenges / Ali Riaz -- 12. Rebellion and State Formation in Nepal: Implications for South Asian Security / Maya Chadda -- PART IV. CONCLUSIONS -- 13. Transforming South Asia: Is a Pluralistic Security Community Feasible? / Theodore McLauchlin.