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Functional Cooperation in South Asia-SAARC and other Regional Possibilities


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1 Department of Political Science, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India
 

Functionalism and Neo-functionalism are important theories of international politics. Both these theories have helped us to analyse growing interconnectedness and interdependence that has come to characterize foreign relations between various nations, especially their relations with group of countries located in a specific region. While European Union represents the most important example of successful integration of nations in functional terms, there has not been much development in this respect as far as countries of south Asia are concerned. My research proposal seek to identify main cause this this tendency as well as examine the possibility of future cooperation between various nations located in south Asia that may ultimately result into development of larger functional organizations.

Keywords

Functionalism, SAARC, Neo-Factionalism, Bick Corridor, European Union.
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Ashish Singh
Department of Political Science, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India

Abstract


Functionalism and Neo-functionalism are important theories of international politics. Both these theories have helped us to analyse growing interconnectedness and interdependence that has come to characterize foreign relations between various nations, especially their relations with group of countries located in a specific region. While European Union represents the most important example of successful integration of nations in functional terms, there has not been much development in this respect as far as countries of south Asia are concerned. My research proposal seek to identify main cause this this tendency as well as examine the possibility of future cooperation between various nations located in south Asia that may ultimately result into development of larger functional organizations.

Keywords


Functionalism, SAARC, Neo-Factionalism, Bick Corridor, European Union.

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