Fumbling soft state

When  Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal coined the phrase "soft state" in the early 1960s, he did have countries such as India in mind. What he was speaking of was states that had low expectations from its citizens. Today, the phrase is used to refer to countries like India in a different way - as states which, despite their size and power, are unable to exercise the influence that should by right be theirs. India is larger than all the other South Asian nations combined, but despite its size and economy...

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