B S Chimni
Biographic Data
| ID | 3099666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | B S Chimni |
| GIVEN NAMES | B S |
| FAMILY NAME | Chimni |
| SIGNATURE | CHIMNI B S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0755-9811 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 475 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Three approaches to the 1951 Convention: The case for a dialectical approach
This article explores three different methodological approaches to the UN 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees—and international refugee law (IRL) more broadly. These are termed the internal, external and dialectical approaches. It is argued that the dialectical approach, which combines elements of the internal and external approaches using a materialist postcolonial perspective helps make out in the light of changing conditions a more persu…
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The international law of jurisdiction: A TWAIL perspective
The concept of jurisdiction is a relatively undertheorized category of international law. Mainstream international law scholarship advances an ahistorical and asocial account of the rules of jurisdiction in international law. The present article contends that any serious understanding of the categories and rules of jurisdiction, in particular that of extraterritorial jurisdiction, calls for deep appreciation of the evolving material structures ov…
The Articles on State Responsibility and the Guiding Principles of Shared Responsibility: A TWAIL Perspective
This article argues, from the perspective of third-world approaches to international law (TWAIL), that the limitations of the Guiding Principles on Shared Responsibility (hereinafter ‘Guiding Principles’) stem from the very fact that their drafters did not contest the Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (ARSIWA). Therefore, before advancing a critique of the Guiding Principles, this article questions certain asp…
Global Compact on Refugees: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Customary International Law: A Third World Perspective
The article offers an alternative account of the evolution, formation, and function of customary international law (CIL) from a third world perspective. It argues that there is an intimate link between the rise, consolidation, and expansion of capitalism in Europe since the nineteenth century and the development of CIL that is concealed by the supposed distinction between “formal” and “material” sources of CIL. In fact, both “traditional” and “mo…
The limits of the all affected principle: Attending to Deep Structures
It is submitted that the all affected principle (AAP) can be combined with the all subjected principle (ASP) to more effectively identify affected groups and peoples. Historically, the AAP and ASP were first articulated by the colonised peoples during their liberation struggles against imperialism. For meaningful implementation, these principles must take cognizance of deep, intermediate, and proximate structures of global capitalism, as also the…
International Organizations, 1945–Present
This chapter primarily focuses on histories of post 1945 international organizations (IOs) told from different theoretical perspectives by political scientists and legal scholars. It is organized as follows. Section I discusses the mainstream history of IOs as told by liberal and neo-liberal scholars in the form of a narrative of progress. Section II briefly narrates three alternative stories about the role of IOs in the post 1945 period: third w…
The Self, Modern Civilization, and International Law: Learning from Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule
The article offers some reflections on Gandhi's seminal anti-imperialist text Hind Swaraj (1909). I discuss elements of Gandhi's critique of modern civilization, noting his emphasis on an evolved ethical and spiritual self for creating a better world. I point out that what is remarkable about Gandhi is that his accent on work on the self is embedded in the world of social and political struggles against all forms of violence and injustice. I ther…
Prolegomena to a Class Approach to International Law
This article offers an introduction to a class approach to international law. It challenges the 'death of class' thesis and argues for the continued relevance of the category of 'class'. Among other things, the contention is that the category of 'class' subsumes without erasing the gender and race divides. Noting the emergence of a global social formation the article claims that a transnational capitalist class is shaping international laws and i…
International Law Scholarship in Post-colonial India: Coping with Dualism
This essay seeks to sketch and evaluate international law scholarship in post-colonial India in the period 1947–2007. The exercise is undertaken to assess how Indian scholarship has coped with the dual life of international law: the fact that it is both an instrument of domination and possible emancipation. It is contended that while the dominant approach of formalist dualism , which critiques colonial international law but embraces the narrative…
Mapping Indian Foreign Economic Policy
The article maps and assesses Indian foreign economic policy (FEP). It opens with a critical discussion of different phases of Indian FEP in the period after Independence. It is seen that with the inauguration of neo-liberal reforms in 1991 Indian FEP moved away from the Nehruvian framework that had as its goal an independent and self-reliant path of development. India is today lending uncritical support to a liberal international economic order …
Fault Lines of International Legitimacy
Fault Lines of International Legitimacy deals with the following questions: What are the features and functions of legitimacy in the international realm? How does international legitimacy, as exemplified in particular by multilateral norms, organizations, and policies, change over time? What role does the international distribution of power and its evolution have in the establishment and transformation of legitimacy paradigms? To what extent do d…
The Birth of a 'Discipline: From Refugee to Forced Migration Studies
This essay seeks to understand and explain the birth of Forced Migration Studies. It argues that the turn from Refugee Studies to Forced Migration Studies must be viewed against the backdrop of the history and relationship of colonialism and humanitarianism, as a certain commonality binds the past and present eras. The move to Forced Migration Studies accompanies the inauguration of a phase of political humanitarianism with a distinct accent, alb…
Asian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 9 (2000)
The Asian Yearbook of International Law is a major refereed publication dedicated to international law issues as seen primarily from an Asian perspective. Readership: Academics and practitioners who deal with international public law in Asia will appreciate this unique, complete resource. The Asian Yearbook of International Law provides insight into Asian views and practices, especially for non-Asian readers, and also promotes the dissemination o…
From Resettlement to Involuntary Repatriation: Towards a Critical History of Durable Solutions to Refugee Problems
Journal Article From Resettlement to Involuntary Repatriation: Towards a Critical History of Durable Solutions to Refugee Problems Get access B. S. Chimni B. S. Chimni Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Refugee Survey Quarterly, Volume 23, Issue 3, October 2004, Pages 55–73, https://doi.org/10.1093/rsq/23.3.55 Published: 01 October 2004
International Institutions Today: An Imperial Global State in the Making
The article argues that a growing network of international institutions — economic, social, and political — constitute a nascent global state, whose current task is to realize the interests of an emerging transnational capitalist class in the international system to the disadvantage of subaltern classes in the third and first worlds. The evolving global state formation can therefore be described as having an imperial character. Underpinning the e…
An Outline of a Marxist Course on Public International Law
This paper draws on the insights of Marxism to outline a critical alternative course on public international law. It explains inter alia the changes in the doctrines and rules of international law by linking them to extra-textual realities. It contends that the character of contemporary international law is being transformed from bourgeois democratic international law to a bourgeois imperial international law. It sustains this conclusion by looki…
Third World Approaches to International Law and Individual Responsibility in Internal Conflicts
Journal Article Third World Approaches to International Law and Individual Responsibility in Internal Conflicts Get access Antony Anghie, Antony Anghie Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar B.S. Chimni B.S. Chimni Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Chinese Journal of International Law, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77–103, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.cjilaw.a0004…
Theme III: Global Governance: Institutions
The network of international economic, political, and social organizations established at the initiative of the first world constitute a nascent global state whose function is to realize the interests of the powerful states to the disadvantage of third world states and peoples. The evolving global state formation may therefore be described as having a neo-imperial character
Forum Replies: A New Humanitarian Council for Humanitarian Interventions
Refugees, Return and Reconstruction of 'Post-Conflict' Societies: A Critical Perspective
(2002). Refugees, Return and Reconstruction of 'Post-Conflict' Societies: A Critical Perspective. International Peacekeeping: Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 163-180
Aid, Relief, and Containment: The First Asylum Country and Beyond
A fundamental problem that confronts the European Union today is how it can maintain its commitment to the institution of asylum while checking irregular migration and the abuse of its asylum system. In order to explore a response to this dilemma the paper addresses the following questions: what role can relief and aid policies play in influencing migration patterns? What should be the appropriate approach to the granting of relief and aid to dev…
Reforming the International Refugee Regime: A Dialogic Model
Reforming the International Refugee Regime: A Dialogic Model Get access B. S. Chimni B. S. Chimni Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 14, Issue 2, 1 June 2001, Pages 151–168, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/14.2.151 Published: 01 June 2001
Globalization, Humanitarianism and the Erosion of Refugee Protection
Journal Article Globalization, Humanitarianism and the Erosion of Refugee Protection Get access B. S. CHIMNI B. S. CHIMNI School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2000, Pages 243–263, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/13.3.243 Published: 01 September 2000
The Geopolitics of Refugee Studies: A View from the South
In the post-1945 period the policy of Northern states has moved from the neglect of refugees in the Third World, to their use as pawns in Cold War politics, to their containment now. The paper explores in these shifting policy contexts the geopolitics of knowledge production in the field of refugee studies. The arrival of the 'new asylum seekers' in the 1980s signalled the expansion of refugee studies. A 'new approach' took shape which critiqued …
The Birth of a 'Discipline: From Refugee to Forced Migration Studies
This essay seeks to understand and explain the birth of Forced Migration Studies. It argues that the turn from Refugee Studies to Forced Migration Studies must be viewed against the backdrop of the history and relationship of colonialism and humanitarianism, as a certain commonality binds the past and present eras. The move to Forced Migration Studies accompanies the inauguration of a phase of political humanitarianism with a distinct accent, alb…
From Resettlement to Involuntary Repatriation: Towards a Critical History of Durable Solutions to Refugee Problems
Journal Article From Resettlement to Involuntary Repatriation: Towards a Critical History of Durable Solutions to Refugee Problems Get access B. S. Chimni B. S. Chimni Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Refugee Survey Quarterly, Volume 23, Issue 3, October 2004, Pages 55–73, https://doi.org/10.1093/rsq/23.3.55 Published: 01 October 2004
International Institutions Today: An Imperial Global State in the Making
The article argues that a growing network of international institutions — economic, social, and political — constitute a nascent global state, whose current task is to realize the interests of an emerging transnational capitalist class in the international system to the disadvantage of subaltern classes in the third and first worlds. The evolving global state formation can therefore be described as having an imperial character. Underpinning the e…
Globalization, Humanitarianism and the Erosion of Refugee Protection
Journal Article Globalization, Humanitarianism and the Erosion of Refugee Protection Get access B. S. CHIMNI B. S. CHIMNI School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2000, Pages 243–263, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/13.3.243 Published: 01 September 2000
Third World Approaches to International Law and Individual Responsibility in Internal Conflicts
Journal Article Third World Approaches to International Law and Individual Responsibility in Internal Conflicts Get access Antony Anghie, Antony Anghie Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar B.S. Chimni B.S. Chimni Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Chinese Journal of International Law, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77–103, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.cjilaw.a0004…
Customary International Law: A Third World Perspective
The article offers an alternative account of the evolution, formation, and function of customary international law (CIL) from a third world perspective. It argues that there is an intimate link between the rise, consolidation, and expansion of capitalism in Europe since the nineteenth century and the development of CIL that is concealed by the supposed distinction between “formal” and “material” sources of CIL. In fact, both “traditional” and “mo…
Refugees, Return and Reconstruction of 'Post-Conflict' Societies: A Critical Perspective
(2002). Refugees, Return and Reconstruction of 'Post-Conflict' Societies: A Critical Perspective. International Peacekeeping: Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 163-180
An Outline of a Marxist Course on Public International Law
This paper draws on the insights of Marxism to outline a critical alternative course on public international law. It explains inter alia the changes in the doctrines and rules of international law by linking them to extra-textual realities. It contends that the character of contemporary international law is being transformed from bourgeois democratic international law to a bourgeois imperial international law. It sustains this conclusion by looki…
Aid, Relief, and Containment: The First Asylum Country and Beyond
A fundamental problem that confronts the European Union today is how it can maintain its commitment to the institution of asylum while checking irregular migration and the abuse of its asylum system. In order to explore a response to this dilemma the paper addresses the following questions: what role can relief and aid policies play in influencing migration patterns? What should be the appropriate approach to the granting of relief and aid to dev…
Prolegomena to a Class Approach to International Law
This article offers an introduction to a class approach to international law. It challenges the 'death of class' thesis and argues for the continued relevance of the category of 'class'. Among other things, the contention is that the category of 'class' subsumes without erasing the gender and race divides. Noting the emergence of a global social formation the article claims that a transnational capitalist class is shaping international laws and i…
The Legal Condition of Refugees in India
Journal Article The Legal Condition of Refugees in India Get access B. S. CHIMNI B. S. CHIMNI International Legal Studies Division, Jawaharial Nehru UniversityNew Delhi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 7, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 378–401, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/7.4.378 Published: 01 January 1994
International Law Scholarship in Post-colonial India: Coping with Dualism
This essay seeks to sketch and evaluate international law scholarship in post-colonial India in the period 1947–2007. The exercise is undertaken to assess how Indian scholarship has coped with the dual life of international law: the fact that it is both an instrument of domination and possible emancipation. It is contended that while the dominant approach of formalist dualism , which critiques colonial international law but embraces the narrative…
The international law of jurisdiction: A TWAIL perspective
The concept of jurisdiction is a relatively undertheorized category of international law. Mainstream international law scholarship advances an ahistorical and asocial account of the rules of jurisdiction in international law. The present article contends that any serious understanding of the categories and rules of jurisdiction, in particular that of extraterritorial jurisdiction, calls for deep appreciation of the evolving material structures ov…
The Self, Modern Civilization, and International Law: Learning from Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule
The article offers some reflections on Gandhi's seminal anti-imperialist text Hind Swaraj (1909). I discuss elements of Gandhi's critique of modern civilization, noting his emphasis on an evolved ethical and spiritual self for creating a better world. I point out that what is remarkable about Gandhi is that his accent on work on the self is embedded in the world of social and political struggles against all forms of violence and injustice. I ther…
The limits of the all affected principle: Attending to Deep Structures
It is submitted that the all affected principle (AAP) can be combined with the all subjected principle (ASP) to more effectively identify affected groups and peoples. Historically, the AAP and ASP were first articulated by the colonised peoples during their liberation struggles against imperialism. For meaningful implementation, these principles must take cognizance of deep, intermediate, and proximate structures of global capitalism, as also the…
Reforming the International Refugee Regime: A Dialogic Model
Reforming the International Refugee Regime: A Dialogic Model Get access B. S. Chimni B. S. Chimni Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 14, Issue 2, 1 June 2001, Pages 151–168, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/14.2.151 Published: 01 June 2001
Mapping Indian Foreign Economic Policy
The article maps and assesses Indian foreign economic policy (FEP). It opens with a critical discussion of different phases of Indian FEP in the period after Independence. It is seen that with the inauguration of neo-liberal reforms in 1991 Indian FEP moved away from the Nehruvian framework that had as its goal an independent and self-reliant path of development. India is today lending uncritical support to a liberal international economic order …
Forum Replies: A New Humanitarian Council for Humanitarian Interventions
Globalization and Refugee Blues
Globalization and Refugee Blues Get access B. S. CHIMNI B. S. CHIMNI International Legal Studies Division, Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 8, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 298–299, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/8.3.298 Published: 01 July 1995
Political Economy of the Uruguay Round of Negotiations: A Perspective
The International Court and the Maintenance of Peace and Security: The Nicaragua Decision and the United States Response
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Perspectives on Voluntark Repatriation: A Critical Note
Perspectives on Voluntark Repatriation:A Critical Note Get access B.S. CHIMNI B.S. CHIMNI Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 3, Issue 3, July 1991, Pages 541–546, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/3.3.541 Published: 01 July 1991
Political Economy of the Uruguay Round of Negotiations: A Perspective
The Meaning of Words and the Role of UNHCR in Voluntary Repatriation
Starting from the premise that words take meaning from their context, the author explores some of the legal and policy issues presently affecting UNHCR's involvement with the voluntary repatriation of refugees. Specifically, he argues that a global policy perspective is essential to understanding the meaning of words like ‘facilitation’, ‘promotion’ and ‘encouragement’. Today's context, in which the ideological justifications for refugee policies…
The Legal Condition of Refugees in India
Journal Article The Legal Condition of Refugees in India Get access B. S. CHIMNI B. S. CHIMNI International Legal Studies Division, Jawaharial Nehru UniversityNew Delhi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 7, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 378–401, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/7.4.378 Published: 01 January 1994
Globalization and Refugee Blues
Globalization and Refugee Blues Get access B. S. CHIMNI B. S. CHIMNI International Legal Studies Division, Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 8, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 298–299, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/8.3.298 Published: 01 July 1995
The Global Refugee Problem in the 21st Century and the Emerging Security Paradigm: A Disturbing Trend
The Geopolitics of Refugee Studies: A View from the South
In the post-1945 period the policy of Northern states has moved from the neglect of refugees in the Third World, to their use as pawns in Cold War politics, to their containment now. The paper explores in these shifting policy contexts the geopolitics of knowledge production in the field of refugee studies. The arrival of the 'new asylum seekers' in the 1980s signalled the expansion of refugee studies. A 'new approach' took shape which critiqued …
Globalization, Humanitarianism and the Erosion of Refugee Protection
Journal Article Globalization, Humanitarianism and the Erosion of Refugee Protection Get access B. S. CHIMNI B. S. CHIMNI School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2000, Pages 243–263, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/13.3.243 Published: 01 September 2000
Reforming the International Refugee Regime: A Dialogic Model
Reforming the International Refugee Regime: A Dialogic Model Get access B. S. Chimni B. S. Chimni Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 14, Issue 2, 1 June 2001, Pages 151–168, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/14.2.151 Published: 01 June 2001
Forum Replies: A New Humanitarian Council for Humanitarian Interventions
Refugees, Return and Reconstruction of 'Post-Conflict' Societies: A Critical Perspective
(2002). Refugees, Return and Reconstruction of 'Post-Conflict' Societies: A Critical Perspective. International Peacekeeping: Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 163-180
Aid, Relief, and Containment: The First Asylum Country and Beyond
A fundamental problem that confronts the European Union today is how it can maintain its commitment to the institution of asylum while checking irregular migration and the abuse of its asylum system. In order to explore a response to this dilemma the paper addresses the following questions: what role can relief and aid policies play in influencing migration patterns? What should be the appropriate approach to the granting of relief and aid to dev…
Third World Approaches to International Law and Individual Responsibility in Internal Conflicts
Journal Article Third World Approaches to International Law and Individual Responsibility in Internal Conflicts Get access Antony Anghie, Antony Anghie Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar B.S. Chimni B.S. Chimni Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Chinese Journal of International Law, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77–103, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.cjilaw.a0004…
Theme III: Global Governance: Institutions
The network of international economic, political, and social organizations established at the initiative of the first world constitute a nascent global state whose function is to realize the interests of the powerful states to the disadvantage of third world states and peoples. The evolving global state formation may therefore be described as having a neo-imperial character
Asian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 9 (2000)
The Asian Yearbook of International Law is a major refereed publication dedicated to international law issues as seen primarily from an Asian perspective. Readership: Academics and practitioners who deal with international public law in Asia will appreciate this unique, complete resource. The Asian Yearbook of International Law provides insight into Asian views and practices, especially for non-Asian readers, and also promotes the dissemination o…
From Resettlement to Involuntary Repatriation: Towards a Critical History of Durable Solutions to Refugee Problems
Journal Article From Resettlement to Involuntary Repatriation: Towards a Critical History of Durable Solutions to Refugee Problems Get access B. S. Chimni B. S. Chimni Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Refugee Survey Quarterly, Volume 23, Issue 3, October 2004, Pages 55–73, https://doi.org/10.1093/rsq/23.3.55 Published: 01 October 2004
International Institutions Today: An Imperial Global State in the Making
The article argues that a growing network of international institutions — economic, social, and political — constitute a nascent global state, whose current task is to realize the interests of an emerging transnational capitalist class in the international system to the disadvantage of subaltern classes in the third and first worlds. The evolving global state formation can therefore be described as having an imperial character. Underpinning the e…
An Outline of a Marxist Course on Public International Law
This paper draws on the insights of Marxism to outline a critical alternative course on public international law. It explains inter alia the changes in the doctrines and rules of international law by linking them to extra-textual realities. It contends that the character of contemporary international law is being transformed from bourgeois democratic international law to a bourgeois imperial international law. It sustains this conclusion by looki…
The Birth of a 'Discipline: From Refugee to Forced Migration Studies
This essay seeks to understand and explain the birth of Forced Migration Studies. It argues that the turn from Refugee Studies to Forced Migration Studies must be viewed against the backdrop of the history and relationship of colonialism and humanitarianism, as a certain commonality binds the past and present eras. The move to Forced Migration Studies accompanies the inauguration of a phase of political humanitarianism with a distinct accent, alb…
Fault Lines of International Legitimacy
Fault Lines of International Legitimacy deals with the following questions: What are the features and functions of legitimacy in the international realm? How does international legitimacy, as exemplified in particular by multilateral norms, organizations, and policies, change over time? What role does the international distribution of power and its evolution have in the establishment and transformation of legitimacy paradigms? To what extent do d…
Prolegomena to a Class Approach to International Law
This article offers an introduction to a class approach to international law. It challenges the 'death of class' thesis and argues for the continued relevance of the category of 'class'. Among other things, the contention is that the category of 'class' subsumes without erasing the gender and race divides. Noting the emergence of a global social formation the article claims that a transnational capitalist class is shaping international laws and i…
International Law Scholarship in Post-colonial India: Coping with Dualism
This essay seeks to sketch and evaluate international law scholarship in post-colonial India in the period 1947–2007. The exercise is undertaken to assess how Indian scholarship has coped with the dual life of international law: the fact that it is both an instrument of domination and possible emancipation. It is contended that while the dominant approach of formalist dualism , which critiques colonial international law but embraces the narrative…
Mapping Indian Foreign Economic Policy
The article maps and assesses Indian foreign economic policy (FEP). It opens with a critical discussion of different phases of Indian FEP in the period after Independence. It is seen that with the inauguration of neo-liberal reforms in 1991 Indian FEP moved away from the Nehruvian framework that had as its goal an independent and self-reliant path of development. India is today lending uncritical support to a liberal international economic order …
The Self, Modern Civilization, and International Law: Learning from Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule
The article offers some reflections on Gandhi's seminal anti-imperialist text Hind Swaraj (1909). I discuss elements of Gandhi's critique of modern civilization, noting his emphasis on an evolved ethical and spiritual self for creating a better world. I point out that what is remarkable about Gandhi is that his accent on work on the self is embedded in the world of social and political struggles against all forms of violence and injustice. I ther…
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