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India's States and the Making of Foreign Economic Policy: The Limits of the Constituent Diplomacy Paradigm

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This article assesses the extent to which shifts in India's economic policy stance, and in the nature of economic sovereignty in the contemporary world, are combining to enhance the role of state governments in the making of India's foreign economic policy. Because of states' high-profile investment-promotion activities, it is tempting to classify India as a case of what has been called “constituent diplomacy,” the increasingly direct engagement of subnational units in international affairs. But this would be to understate the central government's continued role in managing such important policy matters as external borrowing (from private and multilateral sources) and the regulation of core infrastructure sectors, including electricity, where despite states' key roles, the central government maintains control over certain critical decisions. Copyright 2003, Oxford University Press.

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  • Rob Jenkins, 2003. "India's States and the Making of Foreign Economic Policy: The Limits of the Constituent Diplomacy Paradigm," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 33(4), pages 63-82, Fall.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:publus:v:33:y:2003:i:4:p:63-82
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    1. Prakash Chandra Jha, 2015. "Theory of fiscal federalism: an analysis," Journal of Social and Economic Development, Springer;Institute for Social and Economic Change, vol. 17(2), pages 241-259, October.
    2. Chanchal Kumar Sharma & Sandra Destradi & Johannes Plagemann, 0. "Partisan Federalism and Subnational Governments' International Engagements: Insights from India," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Oxford University Press, vol. 50(4), pages 566-592.
    3. Camille Parguel & Jean-Christophe Graz, 2021. "Food Can’t Be Traded: Civil Society’s Discursive Power in the Context of Agricultural Liberalisation in India," Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Working Paper 405, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, India.

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