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This book deals with the important subject of human rights which has been crucial element of philosophical, social and political debates in the second half of the twentieth century and, will probably also constitute a dominant discourse of the twenty first century. While there is increasingly wide-spread concern for universal respect and observance of human rights, gross violation of internationally recognised norms continue unabated in almost all parts of the ...
The book is a comprehensive analysis of the US military aid to Pakistan and its impact on India’s security. The book also attempts to examine the reasons why the US has been supplying arms to Pakistan and what were the latter’s compulsion in striving hard to acquire such sophisticated arms and other military assistance. In the post script the author demolishes the myth that with the end of cold war Pakistan has become redundant for the USA.
The concept of 'good governance' came into political and academic discourse only recently when the World Bank and other aid giving agencies blessed it as a part of pre-condition for economic aid or a process of reform qualifying for such aid. It has, however, been an aspiration of people, a challenge to rulers, and a romantic ideal for philosophers and political thinkers round the ages. Though narrowly conceived by the World Bank and other money lender agencies; ...