Published in association with Regional Centre for Strategic
Studies, Colombo The security has an extended meaning beyond its
obvious military connotations is increasingly being understood in
South Asia: there is better appreciation now of its non-military
and human dimensions. Hence, the State needs to cater for its own
security and, simultaneously, the security of its individuals which
has acquired equal, if not greater significance with the passing
years. Hence, the imperative necessity arises to provide for good
governance to achieve the ends of both State and individual
security. The theoretical problem addressed in this book is
discovering the nexus between security and governance in South
Asia. Leading scholars of the region have contributed their
individual country perspectives on this difficult question. They
have scrutinized the conceptual questions that arise by passing
under review the systemic challenges to the processes of governance
in the region to discern the linkages between insecurity and
misgovernance. Several subsidiary issues have also been examined in
these essays ranging from the role of the armed forces in the
decision-making processes to the debilitating role of the State in
retarding democratic political development creating politicized
ethnic and religious minorities, to the need for meaningful
devolution of financial and administrative authority to the
imperative for privileging human security in this discourse and the
requirement for a political culture that facilitates pluralism in
multi-ethnic societies. The conclusions reached draw attention to
the crumbling of democratic institutions, alienation of minority
populations and the growing nexus between corrupt elements in the
governing elites in South Asia before offering solutions to reverse
this dismal trend.
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