Externalization of Indian federalism: Understanding the role of West Bengal and Tripura on India's policy toward Bangladesh (Record no. 133624)

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International Standard Serial Number 1473-6489
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Personal name Chattopadhyay, Pratip
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Title Externalization of Indian federalism: Understanding the role of West Bengal and Tripura on India's policy toward Bangladesh
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. India Review
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2024
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Extent 01-24
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Abstract In a federal political system like India, the role of the federal units bordering the neighboring countries becomes crucial in foreign policy-making toward neighboring countries. It is expected that when similar political parties or coalition partners remain in power in both the center and the states, federal politics does not hinder policy-making toward neighboring countries. Moreover, foreign policy being a central subject, federal units any way reflect passive tendencies, especially in the case of governments with the same party affiliations. Both these simplifications are contested in this paper by citing instances of the role of West Bengal and Tripura, India's two federal units bordering the neighboring country of Bangladesh, at different historical junctures, in which similar political parties in the center and the state resulted in more friction than when different political parties were in office in matters of India's foreign policy-making toward Bangladesh. The paper argues that instead of federalization of foreign policy, where federal units have an influential role, this particular experience suggests an externalization of federalism, where an external variable (Bangladesh) influences internal federal dynamics to the extent that domestic electoral politics force the political parties of the two federal units to give importance to the neighboring country in taking positions on foreign policy-making. The immediate context of fifty years of the India-Bangladesh relationship and question about over-centralization during the latest phase of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime in India push the authors to take up Bangladesh as a case to contest the given of Indian federalism in foreign policy making.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Federal Political System
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Foreign Policy
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Topical term or geographic name entry element National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
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Topical term or geographic name entry element West Bengal and Tripura
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Indian Federalism
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Personal name Debnath, Biplab
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14736489.2023.2295717">https://doi.org/10.1080/14736489.2023.2295717</a>
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Koha biblionumber 133624
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