India Bangladesh Domestic Politics (eBook)
XVII, 138 Seiten
Springer Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-10-2371-2 (ISBN)
This book deals with how the governments of India and Bangladesh manage the Ganges River. On the basis of the Ganges issue, it explains India's involvement in the domestic politics of Bangladesh and how this involvement, in turn, shapes Ganges river politics. The book further analyses the constant friction between Indian preferences for bilateral negotiation in comparison to Bangladesh's demand for multilateral cooperation on the Ganges. This also highlights the role of civil society, tracing how organisations have engaged in and explored potential compromises acceptable to both countries. As the term of the treaty comes to an end in 2026, the present work underlines its limitations, as the impacts of climate change will involve far more than distress on water. In closing, it discusses a range of other challenges, including the erosion of the Indian central government's monopoly in foreign policy, especially in relation to its neighbours. Through extensive fieldwork in India and Bangladesh, together with interviews with politicians, diplomats and all those closely associated with the Ganges deliberations, the book reveals subtle aspects of the negotiations. What emerges as a distinctive feature of Indo-Bangladesh interactions on the Ganges is the fact that successful outcomes depend on the extent to which the ruling political powers in both countries accommodate one other's domestic political dynamics. This insight enriches scholarship on the Ganges River, addressing an aspect largely overlooked in the literature. Offering an up-to-the-minute analysis, the book examines the implementation of the Ganges Treaty through 2015, making it of interest to researchers focusing on South Asia and international relations, scholars on and practitioners of Indian foreign policy, journalists, water experts, civil society groups, and university students.
Punam Pandey is currently Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice (IRSJ), University of the Free State, South Africa. Before that she worked as Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, India, from where she also obtained her PhD. As a postdoc researcher at the IRSJ, she has written extensively on water politics from the perspective of International Relations. She broadly works on non-traditional security issues in South Asia with a special focus on India and Bangladesh. Some of her publications can be accessed in the refereed journals like Asian Survey, India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, and South Asian Survey among others. Her current research project at the IRSJ is on the issues of memory contestation where she researches the Liberation movement in the competitive politics of Bangladesh.
This book deals with how the governments of India and Bangladesh manage the Ganges River. On the basis of the Ganges issue, it explains India's involvement in the domestic politics of Bangladesh and how this involvement, in turn, shapes Ganges river politics. The book further analyses the constant friction between Indian preferences for bilateral negotiation in comparison to Bangladesh's demand for multilateral cooperation on the Ganges. This also highlights the role of civil society, tracing how organisations have engaged in and explored potential compromises acceptable to both countries. As the term of the treaty comes to an end in 2026, the present work underlines its limitations, as the impacts of climate change will involve far more than distress on water. In closing, it discusses a range of other challenges, including the erosion of the Indian central government's monopoly in foreign policy, especially in relation to its neighbours. Through extensive fieldwork in India and Bangladesh, together with interviews with politicians, diplomats and all those closely associated with the Ganges deliberations, the book reveals subtle aspects of the negotiations. What emerges as a distinctive feature of Indo-Bangladesh interactions on the Ganges is the fact that successful outcomes depend on the extent to which the ruling political powers in both countries accommodate one other's domestic political dynamics. This insight enriches scholarship on the Ganges River, addressing an aspect largely overlooked in the literature. Offering an up-to-the-minute analysis, the book examines the implementation of the Ganges Treaty through 2015, making it of interest to researchers focusing on South Asia and international relations, scholars on and practitioners of Indian foreign policy, journalists, water experts, civil society groups, and university students.
Punam Pandey is currently Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice (IRSJ), University of the Free State, South Africa. Before that she worked as Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, India, from where she also obtained her PhD. As a postdoc researcher at the IRSJ, she has written extensively on water politics from the perspective of International Relations. She broadly works on non-traditional security issues in South Asia with a special focus on India and Bangladesh. Some of her publications can be accessed in the refereed journals like Asian Survey, India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, and South Asian Survey among others. Her current research project at the IRSJ is on the issues of memory contestation where she researches the Liberation movement in the competitive politics of Bangladesh.
Chapter One
Cooperation to Confrontation to Cooperation over the Ganges between India and Bangladesh
Historical Background: The Ganges during Pakistan time
Indo-Bangladesh Negotiations on the Farakka Barrage
Farakka: The Political ‘Football’ in Bangladesh’s Politics
Signing of the Ganges Treaty
Limitations of the Treaty
Chapter Two
Evolution of the Ganges Issue in India and Bangladesh
Shared History and Divergent Aspirations
Demand of Indian Federalism
India as a factor in Bangladesh Politics
Fusion of Internal and External Relationship
Assertion of Religious Identity
Debates around Farakka in Bangladesh
Chapter Three
Negotiating Strategy on the Ganges: Bilateralism vs. Multilateralism India and Bangladesh Negotiations on the Farakka Barrage Bangladesh’s Attempt to Internationalise the Ganges River Water Issue
Interregnum of Multilateralism in Bilateral Negotiation
Role of Membership in Inter-governmental Organisations (IGOs)
Analysis of Bilateralism vs. Multilateralism
Chapter Four
Role of Multiple Tracks in The Ganges negotiations
Multiple Tracks
Multiple Tracks in Resolution of the Ganges River Water Dispute
Constraints and Limitations
Future Potential of Multiple tracks in river water negotiation
Chapter Five
Experience of The Ganges Treaty and Future Directions
A Critical Evaluation of Operation of the Treaty
Climate Change and Impact on Ganges River Water Treaty
Interlinking of River Projects and Bangladesh’s Concerns
Emerging Role of Provinces in Indian Federation
Analytical Observations and Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.11.2016 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XVII, 138 p. 1 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Singapore |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Zivilverfahrensrecht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| Technik | |
| Schlagworte | Domestic politics • Ganges Water Treaty • India-Bangladesh Relationship • Joint River Commission • River Dispute • River Water Issues • Water Negotiation • Water Policy |
| ISBN-10 | 981-10-2371-9 / 9811023719 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-981-10-2371-2 / 9789811023712 |
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