 | New Futures for South Asia: Commerce and Connectivity Subjects: Area Studies; Communication Studies; Global Development; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Geography; Asian Studies; Development Communication; Mass Communication; Economics and Development; Regional Development; Economics; Business Management and Accounting; Human Geography; Development Economics; International Business; Economic Geography; South Asian Studies; This book is a comprehensive examination of the society, polity and economy of South Asian countries and their future trajectories. The chapters included in the volume present key insights into the geopolitical dynamics of the region. New Futures for South Asia : draws on case studies from the region to discuss how democracy has fared in terms of state-society linkages, transformational possibilities and the globalization and radicalization of politics; studies possibilities of economic cooperation in South Asia, including common currency, regional imbalances and aid, transport connectivity and electricity consumption; examines the crucial role of SAARC and bilateralism in forging connectivities across the diverse geographies of the region.A major intervention in re-shaping South Asian studies, this book will be a great resource for scholars and researchers of security studies, strategic affairs, international relations, development studies and politics. Adluri Subramanyam Raju is Professor and former Head of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation (UMISARC) and Centre for South Asian Studies and coordinator of the UGC Centre for Maritime Studies, Pondicherry University, India. He is the recipient of the Mahbub Ul Haq Award (Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, Sri Lanka), the Scholar of Peace Award (WISCOMP, New Delhi, 2002) and the Kodikara Award (RCSS, Colombo, 1998). He was also a Salzburg Seminar Fellow (2006). He received the National Best Teacher Award (C.V.S. Krishnamurthy Theja Charities, Tirupati, 2017) and Best Teacher Award twice (Pondicherry University, 2013 and 2018). He was previously a visiting fellow at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Colombo. He is on the editorial boards of five journals. |
