Question

QUESTION FOR 10 MARKS - WHAT IS REGIONALISM ? LIST DOWN THE MAJOR ECONOMIC FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR REGIONALISM IN INDIA.

Answer 1

In politics, regionalism is a political ideologythat focuses on the national or normative interests of a particular region, group of regions or another subnational entity. These may be delineated by political divisions, administrative divisions, cultural boundaries, linguistic regions, and religious geography, among others.

Regionalists aim at increasing the political power and influence available to all or some residents of a region. Regionalist demands occur in "strong" forms, such as sovereignty, separatism, secession, and independence, as well as more moderate campaigns for greater autonomy (such as states' rights, decentralization, or devolution).

Regionalists, in the strict sense of the term, favor confederations over unitary nation states with strong central governments. They may, however, espouse also intermediate forms of federalism.