Competing Visions of India in World Politics - by K Sullivan (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Competing Visions of India in World Politics: India's Rise Beyond the West presents an alternative set of reflections on India's contemporary global role to those narrated by mainstream, US-centric accounts within International Relations. Collectively, the contributors explore a spectrum of non-Western perspectives on India's growing international influence. They deliver insights into a range of shared global issues, processes and institutions, including climate change, development cooperation, UN Security Council reforms, nuclear politics and the terms of world trade. Together, these readings provide a critical evaluation of India's success in reconciling a quest for recognition from established major powers with a desire to maintain relations of solidarity with developing country allies of the Cold War era. This volume is essential reading for anyone studying rising powers, BRICS countries, global power shifts and South-South linkages and will appeal to students and scholars of non-Western International Relations, Global Studies and International Development"--

Book Synopsis

This edited collection presents an alternative set of reflections on India's contemporary global role by exploring a range of influential non-Western state perspectives. Through multiple case studies, the contributors gauge the success of India's efforts to be seen as an alternative global power in the twenty-first century.

Review Quotes

'We increasingly know how rising India views the world but not enough about how the world, especially the non-Western world, sees India. These timely essays, written by an array of regional experts, are a terrific addition to the scholarship on India's place in international life.' - Kanti Bajpai, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore

'Dr Sullivan and her contributors are to be applauded for offering us these fresh and stimulating interpretations of India's role in global politics. The deliberate focus on non-Western views of India on issues that are of importance to these mostly middle-range states adds significantly to the growing body of work that rightly aims to promote an understanding of international relations and history that is truly global in focus.' - Rosemary Foot, St Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK

'The story of India's rise has so far been told by New Delhi and by Washington, or conveyed with their concerns in mind. This book lets us hear other voices - from Africa, East Asia, Latin America and the Middle East - speak about India's growing global ambitions. Innovative and sagacious, it is essential reading for all analysts concerned with how rising powers are shaping contemporary international relations.' - Ian Hall, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

About the Author

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, University of London, UK Danielle Chubb, Deakin University, Australia Gilberto Estrada Harris University of Oxford, UK David Harris, University of Bradford, UK Nicola Horsburgh, University of Oxford, UK Yuka Kobayashi, University of London, UK Natasha Kuhrt, King's College London, UK Christopher J. Lee, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Vinícius Rodrigues Vieira, University of Oxford, UK Omar Sharaf University of Heidelberg, Germany