Territorial Disputes ; a Case of Identity Politics

Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2015

Dr. Gurubasavaraja Swamypandita

This paper seeks to take the first step towards the basis of a framework for analyzing the state response towards

territorial disputes, impact on society, economy, polity. An examination of territorial conflict literature is insightful,

omits lingua-franca in its analysis. Nevertheless these two areas of research yield certain criteria that a frame work on border disputes must

address. When seen in the context of major theoretical paradigms, the analysis where each paradigm has something to offer in the analysis

of each criteria. Consequently a complete explanation of state behavior regarding territorial disputes can be based on theory of identity

Politics.