Religion as a Factor in Ethnic Conflict

Kashmir and Indian Foreign Policy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4087698
AutoresCarolyn C James (Stephens College, autor de correspondencia), Özgür Özdamar (0000-0001-6865-1895, University of Missouri)
Año2005
Volumen17
Número3
Páginas447-467
Fecha de publicación2005-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTerrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09546550590929219
OpenAlexW2038257149
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas11

Ethnic conflicts with a strong religious component do not have merely domestic or foreign causes and consequences. As a result, internationalization of ethnic conflict has become an important subject of inquiry both in terms of pure research and policy-oriented studies. This article presents a case study of Indian-Pakistani relations over Kashmir, used to evaluate the role of religion and the explanatory power of the approach presented here. The aim of the study is to apply a foreign policy approach that simultaneously incorporates domestic and external factors in an analysis of how and in what ways religious elements of the Kashmir question affect India's foreign policy. The approach, an application of “systemism,” contributes to current developments in the realist school of international relations through its emphasis on the need to look at both international and state levels in combination. Earlier applications of realism, as both neotraditional and structural realism clearly demonstrate, tend to remain restricted to one level or the other. In this approach, a religious dynamic can have a domestic source yet be effectively examined in terms of international ramifications

Development economics · Economics · Epistemology · Ethnic conflict · Ethnic group · Explanatory power · Foreign policy · Foreign policy analysis · International relations · International relations theory · International trade · Internationalization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Realism · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · South Asian Studies and Conflicts