The Discipline of International Relations in India : A Survey of Research

Contents: Acknowledgement. 1. Introduction. 2. The theoretical study of international relations. 3. International relations history and practice. 4. International organization. 5. Foreign policy analysis. 6. Strategic and defence studies. 7. International law and international economics: i. International law. ii. International economics. 8. Area studies, regionalism and regional organizations. 9. Agenda for future. References and endnotes. Index.

"The present Survey is India specific and focuses on the contributions of Indian social scientists to the discipline of International Relations (IR). It is objective, quantitative and covers books, unpublished Ph. D. theses, chapters in compendiums and research papers published in reputed journals. It points out growth points as well as loss of interest in the discipline of international relations. It suggests both over and under researched areas. The report is being published as a book to help future students, researchers and teachers of IR to set their research priorities and to select their research topics. The book is unique as it contains a Survey of research that is second of its kind since India\'s Independence in 1947.

The objectives of the Survey are:

• To indulge in a kind of stocktaking exercise indicating what has been achieved in this discipline by Indian researchers and authors in terms of theory, methodology, empirical evidence, invention, new work and what gaps exist that need to be filled.
• To evaluate growth of International Relations (IR) in the country and status of teaching of the same in Indian universities.
• To provide the academic community a useful reference material and an intellectual history of the ever growing discipline of International Relations.
• To help future researchers in international studies in reviewing what has been done in this discipline in the past and what needs to be done in future; and
• To help the ICSSR and the UGC in determining their priorities for future research grants and sponsored projects." (jacket)