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What are the reasons for lack of ‘regionness’ in South-Asia?

  • UPSC 2023
  • 10 marks
  • India and South Asia

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Regionness, developed by Björn Hettne and Fredrik Söderbaum (New Political Economy, 2000), measures how far a geographical area has moved from a passive object to an active subject with identity, capacity to act and legitimacy. They trace five levels: regional space, regional complex, regional society, regional community and region-state. South Asia is a clear regional…

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