Rising India: status and power

1. Strategies of status seeking in world politics : the case of India -- 2. Status without power in the Nehru era (1947-1964) -- 3. Incipient power, limited status in the post-Nehru era (1964-1991) -- 4. Status and power in the post-Cold War era (1991-2016) -- 5. Conclusion.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. Strategies of status seeking in world politics: the case of India -- Introduction -- The research question -- Situating the study: understandings of status in world politics -- Defining status: theoretical assumptions -- Understanding India's status-seeking strategies: methodological approach -- Argument and overview of the book -- Key contributions and significance of the study -- Notes -- 2. Status without power in the Nehru era (1947-1964) -- Introduction -- Dominant material associations and international norms in the Nehru era -- Associational status seeking in the Nehru era -- Normative status seeking in the Nehru era -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3. Incipient power, limited status in the post-Nehru era (1964-1991) -- Introduction -- Dominant material associations and international norms -- Associational status seeking in the post-Nehru era -- Normative status seeking in the post-Nehru era -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4. Status and power in the post-Cold War era (1991-2016) -- Introduction -- Dominant material associations and international norms in the post-Cold War era -- Associational status seeking in the post-Cold War era -- Normative status seeking in the post-Cold War era -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5. Conclusion -- Findings -- Contributions of the study -- Note -- Bibliography -- Index