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The Routledge Handbook of China-India Relations provides a
much-needed understanding of the important and complex relationship
between India and China. Reflecting the consequential and
multifaceted nature of the bilateral relationship, it brings
together thirty-five original contributions by a wide range of
experts in the field. The chapters show that China-India relations
are more far-reaching and complicated than ever and marked by both
conflict and cooperation. Following a thorough introduction by the
Editors, the handbook is divided into seven parts which combine
thematic and chronological principles: Historical overviews Culture
and strategic culture: constructing the other Core bilateral
conflicts Military relations Economy and development Relations with
third parties China, India, and global order This handbook will be
an essential reference work for scholars interested in
International Relations, Asian Politics, Global Politics, and
China-India relations.
A River Flows Through It: A Comparative Study of Transboundary
Water Disputes and Cooperation in Asia explores water disputes in
Asia and addresses the question of how states sharing a river
system can be incentivized to cooperate. Water scarcity is a major
environmental, societal, and economic problem around the world.
Increasing demand for water as a result of rapid economic
development, high population growth and density has depleted the
world’s water resources, leading to floods, droughts,
environmental disasters, and societal displacement. Shared river
basins are therefore often a source of tension and conflict between
states. In regions where relations between countries have
historically been conflictual, scarce river water resources have
exacerbated tensions and have even sparked wars. Yet, more often
than not, states sharing a river basin are able to come to some
form of agreement, whether they are far-reaching ones such as
water-sharing agreements or those that are more limited such as the
sharing of hydrological data. Why do riparian states cooperate,
especially when power asymmetries between upstream and downstream
countries are characteristic of transboundary river basins? How do
non-state actors affect the management of international rivers?
What are the conditions that facilitate or hinder cooperation? This
book wrestles with these questions by exploring water disputes and
cooperation in the major river systems in Asia, and by comparing
them with cases in Africa, Europe, and the United States. This book
will be of great value to scholars, students, and policymakers
interested in transboundary water disputes and cooperation,
hydro-diplomacy, and river activism. It was originally published as
special issues of Water International.
A River Flows Through It: A Comparative Study of Transboundary
Water Disputes and Cooperation in Asia explores water disputes in
Asia and addresses the question of how states sharing a river
system can be incentivized to cooperate. Water scarcity is a major
environmental, societal, and economic problem around the world.
Increasing demand for water as a result of rapid economic
development, high population growth and density has depleted the
world's water resources, leading to floods, droughts, environmental
disasters, and societal displacement. Shared river basins are
therefore often a source of tension and conflict between states. In
regions where relations between countries have historically been
conflictual, scarce river water resources have exacerbated tensions
and have even sparked wars. Yet, more often than not, states
sharing a river basin are able to come to some form of agreement,
whether they are far-reaching ones such as water-sharing agreements
or those that are more limited such as the sharing of hydrological
data. Why do riparian states cooperate, especially when power
asymmetries between upstream and downstream countries are
characteristic of transboundary river basins? How do non-state
actors affect the management of international rivers? What are the
conditions that facilitate or hinder cooperation? This book
wrestles with these questions by exploring water disputes and
cooperation in the major river systems in Asia, and by comparing
them with cases in Africa, Europe, and the United States. This book
will be of great value to scholars, students, and policymakers
interested in transboundary water disputes and cooperation,
hydro-diplomacy, and river activism. It was originally published as
special issues of Water International.
What China's infamous railway initiative can teach us about global
dominance. In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled what
would come to be known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)-a
global development strategy involving infrastructure projects and
associated financing throughout the world, including Asia, Africa,
the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. While the Chinese
government has framed the plan as one promoting transnational
connectivity, critics and security experts see it as part of a
larger strategy to achieve global dominance. Rivers of Iron
examines one aspect of President Xi Jinping's "New Era": China's
effort to create an intercountry railway system connecting China
and its seven Southeast Asian neighbors (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia,
Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam). This book illuminates
the political strengths and weaknesses of the plan, as well as the
capacity of the impacted countries to resist, shape, and even take
advantage of China's wide-reaching actions. Using frameworks from
the fields of international relations and comparative politics, the
authors of Rivers of Iron seek to explain how domestic politics in
these eight Asian nations shaped their varying external responses
and behaviors. How does China wield power using infrastructure? Do
smaller states have agency? How should we understand the role of
infrastructure in broader development? Does industrial policy work?
And crucially, how should competing global powers respond?
The Routledge Handbook of China-India Relations provides a
much-needed understanding of the important and complex relationship
between India and China. Reflecting the consequential and
multifaceted nature of the bilateral relationship, it brings
together thirty-five original contributions by a wide range of
experts in the field. The chapters show that China-India relations
are more far-reaching and complicated than ever and marked by both
conflict and cooperation. Following a thorough introduction by the
Editors, the handbook is divided into seven parts which combine
thematic and chronological principles: Historical overviews Culture
and strategic culture: constructing the other Core bilateral
conflicts Military relations Economy and development Relations with
third parties China, India, and global order This handbook will be
an essential reference work for scholars interested in
International Relations, Asian Politics, Global Politics, and
China-India relations.
Why does authoritarian China provide a higher level of public goods
than democratic India? Studies based on regime type have shown that
the level of public goods provision is higher in democratic systems
than in authoritarian forms of government. However, public goods
provision in China and India contradicts these findings. Whether in
terms of access to education, healthcare, public transportation,
and basic necessities, such as drinking water and electricity,
China does consistently better than India. This book argues that
regime type does not determine public goods outcomes. Using
empirical evidence from the Chinese and Indian municipal water
sectors, the study explains and demonstrates how a social contract,
an informal institution, influences formal institutional design,
which in turn accounts for the variations in public goods
provision.
Why does authoritarian China provide a higher level of public goods
than democratic India? Studies based on regime type have shown that
the level of public goods provision is higher in democratic systems
than in authoritarian forms of government. However, public goods
provision in China and India contradicts these findings. Whether in
terms of access to education, healthcare, public transportation,
and basic necessities, such as drinking water and electricity,
China does consistently better than India. This book argues that
regime type does not determine public goods outcomes. Using
empirical evidence from the Chinese and Indian municipal water
sectors, the study explains and demonstrates how a social contract,
an informal institution, influences formal institutional design,
which in turn accounts for the variations in public goods
provision.
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