Overview
- Provides the first comprehensive theoretical explanation of the Sino-Indian border dispute
- Combines all three levels of analysis to provide a wholistic theoretical explanation for interstate border disputes
- Includes an up to date account of the Sino-Indian border dispute
Part of the book series: Politics of South Asia (POSAS)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is the first to comprehensively explore the origins and reasons behind the Sino-Indian border dispute’s intractability. Utilising an array of accurate maps, tables, archival and scholarly research, this book shows how an ambiguous frontier became a contested border and how it has become relatively pacified yet remaining unresolved. Unlike previous examinations, however, this book also provides a theoretically based explanation as to why it is so difficult for an interstate border dispute to be resolved. By examining a wide range of salient actors, from state leaders to the individual governing organisations to the State itself, it is shown that it is usually in their interest to maintain the status quo rather than seek some form of resolution, thereby ensuring that the border dispute remains intractable. With both China and India shaping up to be major powers throughout the twenty-first century, a detailed examination of the major issue of contention between them is more pertinent now than ever.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Stephen P. Westcott received his Masters in International Relations from the University of Western Australia and his PhD in Politics from Murdoch University. His research interests include Indo-Pacific geopolitics, South Asian security and issues concerning terrorism/counter-terrorism. Currently he is a postdoctoral research associate at Murdoch University, where he teaches International Relations and Global Security, and is the book review editor for the Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Armed Coexistence
Book Subtitle: The Dynamics of the Intractable Sino-Indian Border Dispute
Authors: Stephen P. Westcott
Series Title: Politics of South Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7450-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-7449-5Published: 05 February 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-7452-5Published: 06 February 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-7450-1Published: 04 February 2022
Series ISSN: 2523-8345
Series E-ISSN: 2523-8353
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 301
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Security Studies, International Relations Theory, Conflict Studies, Foreign Policy, Asian Politics, Military and Defence Studies