India’s Foreign Policy Discourse and its Conceptions of World Order

Taylor & Francis

Indias Foreign Policy Discourse and its Conceptions of World OrderThe Quest for Power and Identity\nAuthor(s): Thorsten Wojczewski\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367589455, 978-0367589455\nSynopsis\nGiven Indias growing power and aspirations in world politics, there has been increasing interest among practitioners and scholars of international relations (IR) in how India views the world. \n\nThis book offers the first systematic investigation of the world order models in Indias foreign policy discourse. By examining how the signifier world order is endowed with meaning in the discourse, it moves beyond Western-centric IR and sheds light on how a state located outside the Western core conceptualizes world order. Drawing on poststructuralism and discourse theory, the book proposes a novel analytical framework for studying foreign policy discourses and understanding the changes and continuities in Indias post-col.