SAARC : dynamics of regional cooperation in South India / edited by B.C. Upreti.

Includes bibliographical references.

v. 1. Nature, scope, and perceptions -- volume 2. Areas and dimensions of cooperation.

Contents: Vol. I: Nature, Scope and Perceptions: Preface. Introduction/B.C. Upreti. I. Regional Cooperation in South Asia: 1. International governmental organisations: relevance in the contemporary world/Noor A. Baba. 2. Globalisation and regional cooperation: the South Asian experience/P.V. Rao. 3. SAARC: A feable attempt of regional integration/S.K. Chaturvedi. 4. South Asian association for regional cooperation: working, challenges and prospects/M.J. Vinod. 5. Small states and regional cooperation in South Asia/Anasua B. Ray Choudhary. 6. The imperative of a political agenda for SAARC/Akmal Hussain. 7. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation: issues of cooperation and security/Rajpal Budania. II. Towards Sub-Regional Cooperation: 8. Sub-regional cooperation in South Asia in comparative perspective: ideals and realities/Abul Kalam. 9. Towards the SAARC quadrangle/Madhukar SJB Rana. III. Origin and Growth of SAARC: 10. SAARC: origin and development/D.K. Madan. 11. SAARC: From inception to male/Ehsanul Haque. IV. Perception and Role of Member Countries: 12. India's role in SAARC/Annpurna Nautiyal. 13. Pakistan's policy towards SAARC/Baljit Singh. 14. Pakistan and the politics of sub-regionalism in South Asia/Shashi Upadhyay. 15. Nepal's role in SAARC/B.C. Upreti. 16. Sri Lanka's attitude towards SAARC: challenges and opportunities/Krishan Gopal. 17. Bangladesh and SAARC/Shashi Upadhyay. 18. Bhutan and SAARC/Mathew Joseph C.

Vol. II: Areas and Dimensions of Cooperation: Preface. Introduction/B.C. Upreti. I. Intra-Regional Trade: 1. Towards a free trade area in South Asia: instrument and modalities/I.N. Mukherji. 2. SAPTA to SAFTA: need for an integrated approach/Vijaya Katti. 3. SAFTA and sub-regional economic cooperation: Bangladesh perspective/Munim M.K. Barai. 4. Growth structure and problems in trade among SAARC countries/Ivy Gupta. 5. Intra-regional trade in SAARC: costs of non-cooperation for selct items/Vijaya Katti. II. Monetary Cooperation and Joint Ventures: 6. Towards greater monetary interaction in SAARC/Rahul Tripathi. 7. Indian joint ventures in SAARC countries: problems and prospects/Sobha Ahuja. III. Employment, Poverty and Population Control: 8. Employment generation and poverty alleviation in South Asia and the potential role of Indian and other private sectors/Arif Waqif. 9. Poverty and population growth in South Asia: role of SAARC/Sumana Pandey. IV: Communication, Science and Technology: 10. Towards a cross National Communications order in South Asia: an agenda for the future/K.M. Seethi. 11. Science and technology cooperation in SAARC/Jibby Thomas. V. Sharing of Natural Resources: 12. Common water reources of South Asia: experience of cooperation and development/Sumita Sen. VI. SAARC and ASEAN: 13. SAARC and ASEAN: possibilities for expanded economic relations/T. Nirmala Devi. 14. India's new look to southeast Asia: perspective, challenges and trends/Tanamay Kanji Lal.

Though South Asia is a compact region with several commonalities and complementarities, there have been historico cultural, geo-political and socio-political and socio-economic reasons behind sharp difference among the member countries of SAARC.