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2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The Transformation of the "Nation-State" System in South Asia

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10116107
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research InstitutionDaito Bunka University

Principal Investigator

HIROSE Takako  Daito Bunka University, Faculty of International Relations, Professor, 国際関係学部, 教授 (20119431)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KONDO Norio  The Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, Area Studies Research Fellow, 地域研究部, 研究員
HAMAGUCHI Tsuneo  Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Professor, 外国語学部, 教授 (70030137)
NAGASAKI Nobuko  Ryukoku University, Faculty of Comparative Culture, Professor, 国際文化学部, 教授 (70012979)
YOSHIDA Osamu  Hiroshima University, Faculty of Law, Professor, 法学部, 教授 (60231693)
INOUE Kyoko  The Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, Research Coordinator, 動向分析部, 主任調査研究員
Project Period (FY) 1998 – 2000
Keywordsnation-state / decentralization / regional cooperation / nation-building / partition / state sovereignty / communalism / South Asia
Research Abstract

The achievements of the three-year project are as follows :
1. The building of the "nation-states" in South Asia was handicapped by the partition of the British India. Especially disadvantageous was Pakistan.
2. India aimed at building strong centralised state institutions owing in large part to the British heritage, but has been forced to give more autonomy to the states and local bodies, faced with strong protest movements from various parts of the country.
3. Nehru tried to build a modern civic nation, which alienated large masses. The emergence of Hindu nationalism in the 1980s was a reaction to the Nehruvian nationalism. However, even Hindu nationalism has been gradually being replaced by pan-India nationalism. The BJP government has fully utilized the nuclear tests and the Kargil crisis for that purpose. Thus, the gap between the directions of state-building and of nation-building is widening in India.
4. The Islamization of Pakistan has been brought about by two main factors : a contradiction of the "nation-states" of Pakistan and the poor performance of the successive governments.
5. The economic liberalization policy and the development of media and IT industries have accelerated flows of goods, information and people, which have had a considerable impact on the "nation-states." However, these forces do not necessarily lead to globalisation, but the resistance manifests itself as strong nationalism.
6. The conflict between India and Pakistan stems mainly from contradictions of respective "nation-states." Nuclear tests and the Kashmir conflict are some results of the contradictions. The late 1990s witnessed confrontationist aspects of the two brother countries, which also affected our research. Regional cooperation, shared sovereignty and the difference between the relations of states and that of nations are yet to be fully discussed in the future.

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    (18 results)

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All Publications (18 results)

  • [Publications] 広瀬崇子: "序章南アジアにおける「国民国家」と国際関係"国際政治. 127号. 1-11 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 堀本武功: "90年代における印米関係の基本構造"国際政治. 127号. 50-64 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 長崎暢子: "脱植民地化と南アジアの国家形成"国際政治. 127号. 65-78 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 井上恭子: "ヒマラヤン・リージョンにおける国家関係"国際政治. 127号. 95-110 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 近藤則夫: "インドの民主主義体制における選挙と政党システム"国際政治. 127号. 132-152 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 吉田修: "インディラ・ガンディー政権の自立化戦略と印ソ緊密化の背景"国際政治. 127号. 33-49 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 広瀬崇子(編著): "10億人の民主主義"御茶ノ水書房. 400 (2001)

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  • [Publications] HIROSE, Takako (ed.): "Six Hundred Million People's Verdict : An Analysis of the 12^<th> Lok Sabha Elections in India, Publication of Scientific Research Results No. 3, Research Project""Institutions, Networks and Forces of Change in Contemporary South Asia,". (1999)

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  • [Publications] HIROSE, Takako: ""The "Nation-States" and International Politics in South Asia," The "Nation-States" and International Politics in South Asia"International Relations. Vol. 127. (2001)

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  • [Publications] NAGASAKI, Nobuko: ""Decolonisation and the Formation of "Nation States" in South Asia, 1945-1946," The "Nation-States" and International Politics in South Asia"International Relations. Vol. 127. (2001)

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  • [Publications] HORIMOTO Takehisa: ""Basic Structure of Indo-US Relations in the 1990s," The "Nation-States" and International Politics in South Asia"International Relations. Vol. 127. (2001)

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  • [Publications] INOUE, Kyoto: ""International Relations in the Himalayan Region : The Case of Indo-Nepal Relations," The "Nation-States" and International Politics in South Asia"International Relations. Vol. 127. (2001)

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  • [Publications] KONDO, Norio: ""Election and Party System in India's Democracy," The "Nation-States" and International Politics in South Asia"International Relations. Vol. 127. (2001)

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  • [Publications] YOSHIDA, Osamu: ""Indira Gandhi Regime's Strategy for Self-Reliance and Underlying Factors toward a Closer Indo-Soviet Relationship," The "Nation-States" and International Politics in South Asia"International Relations. Vol. 127. (2001)

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  • [Publications] SATO, Hiroshi: ""A Critical Appraisal of Studies on Communalism in India,""AJIA KEIZAI. Vol. XLI, No. 10/11. (2000)

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  • [Publications] HIROSE, Takako(ed.): "One Billion People's Democracy"Ochanomizu Shobo. (2001)

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  • [Publications] HIROSE, Takako: "Southeast Asia, South Asia and Oceania (Basic Series on International Affairs)"Jiyu Kokuminsha (coauthor). (2001)

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  • [Publications] HAMAGUCHI, Tsuneo (ed.): "From Migrants to Citizens : Indian Communities in the World"University of Tokyo Press. (2001)

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Published: 2003-09-17  

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