Kapur Diaspora, Development, and Democracy

The Domestic Impact of International Migration from India
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3508-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten, EPUB

What happens to a country when its skilled workers emigrate? The first book to examine the complex economic, social, and political effects of emigration on India, Diaspora, Development, and Democracy provides a conceptual framework for understanding the repercussions of international migration on migrants' home countries.


Devesh Kapur finds that migration has influenced India far beyond a simplistic "brain drain"--migration's impact greatly depends on who leaves and why. The book offers new methods and empirical evidence for measuring these traits and shows how data about these characteristics link to specific outcomes. For instance, the positive selection of Indian migrants through education has strengthened India's democracy by creating a political space for previously excluded social groups. Because older Indian elites have an exit option, they are less likely to resist the loss of political power at home. Education and training abroad has played an important role in facilitating the flow of expertise to India, integrating the country into the world economy, positively shaping how India is perceived, and changing traditional conceptions of citizenship. The book highlights a paradox--while international migration is a cause and consequence of globalization, its effects on countries of origin depend largely on factors internal to those countries.


A rich portrait of the Indian migrant community, Diaspora, Development, and Democracy explores the complex political and economic consequences of migration for the countries migrants leave behind.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kapur, Devesh

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Chapter 1: The Missing Leg of the Globalization Triad: International Migration 1

Chapter 2: Analytical Framework and Research Methodology 23

Chapter 3: Selection Characteristics of Emigration from India 50

Chapter 4: Economic Effects 84

Chapter 5: Social Remittances: Migration and the Flow of Ideas 124

Chapter 6: International Migration and the Paradox of India's Democracy 162

Chapter 7: The Indian Diaspora and Indian Foreign Policy: Soft Power or Soft Underbelly? 185

Chapter 8: Civil or Uncivil Transnational Society? The Janus Face of Long-Distance Nationalism 210

Chapter 9: Spatially Unbound Nations 253

Appendix I: Survey of Emigration from India (SEI) 273

Appendix II: Survey of Asian Indians in the United States (SAIUS): Methodology 281

Appendix III: Survey of Asian Indians in the United States (SAIUS): Questionnaire 287

Appendix IV: Database on India's Elites (1950-2000) 293

Bibliography 297

Index 315

Über Autor(innen)

Devesh Kapur is associate professor of political science and holds the Madan Lal Sobti Professorship for the Study of Contemporary India at the University of Pennsylvania.