Post-Colonial, Pre-BJP

The Normative Parameters of India's Security Identity, 1947–1998

Bibliographic Data

ID6233357
AuthorsChris Ogden (0000-0002-0757-6366, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume17
Issue2
Pages215-237
Publication date2009-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0218-5377 • E-ISSN: 1750-7812
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02185370903077501
OpenAlexW2050310637
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited45

What structured the fundamental nature of Indian security for the first 50 years of the country's independence? This article draws out four normative parameters that have been tempered and normalised during this period through India's international interaction along with her internal political developments. Using notions of 'security identity', the article unpacks these normative parameters in order to investigate holistically the interaction between both domestic and foreign influences in India's international relations. As such, the article finds a relative consistency to how security has been conceived of in India—displaying sustained threats to its territorial integrity, a continued democratic tradition, ongoing fears of communal violence plus an engrained desire for a greater global role. In turn, it has been the interface between internal and external factors that has structured, and continues to structure, Indian security. Keywords: Security IdentityIndiaNormsCongressKashmir Acknowledgements The author would like to thank the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for their funding assistance which made this article possible, as well as acknowledging the invaluable advice received from the reviewers and editor of AJPS. He would also like to thank Mark E. Smith and Tom Jenkinson. An earlier version of this article was presented as part of the 'Indian Security: Past-Present-Future' panel at the 32nd British International Studies Association (BISA) Annual Conference, University of Cambridge, 17 December 2007. Additional informationNotes on contributorsChris OgdenChris Ogden is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh

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