Liberalna teoria polityki zagranicznej – studium przypadku partii regionalnych w Indiach
The Liberal Theory of Foreign Policy – Case Study of Regional Parties in India

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is the analysis the role of regional parties in shaping Indianforeign policy at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, which requires examiningthe premises for increasing the activity of regional parties in the international sphereand identifying formal and informal instruments by means of which they influencethe process of creating foreign policy. The theoretical tool used to analyze theactivity of regional parties in India constitutes the liberal theory of foreign policyis. Its use will allow us to verify the accepted hypothesis that regional parties aredynamizing India’s foreign policy, contributing to the enrichment of its contentand objectives, especially with regard to relations with neighboring countries andcooperation in the region of South Asia. The first part of the article discusses themain assumptions of the liberal theory of foreign policy. The second part identifiesconditions and institutional, as well as legal frameworks that condition internationalactivity of regional parties. The third part presents the evolution of the Indian partysystem and characterizes the selected regional parties. The fourth part analyzes theincrease of the activity of international regional parties on the example of someregional parties selected based on their importance and power of their influence.The summary presents the usefulness of the liberal theory of foreign policy inthe study on the increase of the importance of regional parties in shaping India’sforeign policy.

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