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Partisan Federalism and Subnational Governments' International Engagements: Insights from India
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Abstract
This article situates the international activities of subnational governments in India within the broader political economy of federalism. It argues that the nature and the extent of subnational states’ engagements in international affairs are a function of the partisan political relationship the st... view more
This article situates the international activities of subnational governments in India within the broader political economy of federalism. It argues that the nature and the extent of subnational states’ engagements in international affairs are a function of the partisan political relationship the state incumbents have with the national incumbents. The article takes a mixed methods approach. An analysis of 1,153 episodes of international engagements of India’s states from 1996 to 2017 reveals that shifts in foreign policy engagement of selected state governments primarily reflect alterations in the subnational incumbents’ political affiliation with the Union government. Several qualitative case studies shed light on how the central government’s inclusion of subnational governments’ perspectives and representatives in foreign affairs is highly partisan and profoundly political. Therefore, the Indian case reveals how subnational diplomatic interactions merge domestic and international politics.... view less
Keywords
India; international politics; national politics; federalism; national state; foreign policy; political economy; regional policy; region; case study
Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
Free Keywords
subnationale Regierung; subnationaler Staat
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
566–592 p.
Journal
Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 50 (2020) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaa017
ISSN
1747-7107
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed