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Diaspora, Development, and Democracy

The Domestic Impact of International Migration from India
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2010

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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.

Author / Editor information

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.

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"[T]he value of this book is extraordinary because of the author's insightful and systematic analysis of the various aspects of the Indian diaspora."---Norio Kondo, Developing Economies --- "Kapur's [book] provide[s] a useful academic and analytical foil to easy generalizations about the influence of the Indian diaspora at home and abroad."---William Crawley, Asian Affairs --- "Kapur's innovative study examines the impact of international migration from India on Indian democracy and development. His analytical framework allows him to investigate how household decision making is affected among those considering emigration, how those left behind are affected, how the diaspora affects India from abroad, and how returning Indians make a difference." --- "Co-Winner of the 2012 Distinguished Book Award, Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section of the International Studies Association"

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    List of Figures and Tables

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    Acknowledgments

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

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    CHAPTER 2: Analytical Framework and Research Methodology

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    CHAPTER 3: Selection Characteristics of Emigration from India

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    CHAPTER 4: Economic Effects

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    CHAPTER 5: Social Remittances: Migration and the Flow of Ideas

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    CHAPTER 6: International Migration and the Paradox of India’s Democracy

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

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

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    CHAPTER 9: Spatially Unbound Nations

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    APPENDIX I Survey of Emigration from India (SEI)

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

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

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    APPENDIX IV: Database on India’s Elites (1950–2000)

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    Bibliography

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    Index

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Keywords for this book
Remittance; Indian Americans; Household; Country of origin; Emigration; Developed country; Political economy; Government of India; Institution; Politics; Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin; Foreign policy; Politician; Elite; Human capital; Employment; Globalization; United States; Ethnic violence; Bharatiya Janata Party; Citizenship; Foreign direct investment; Hindu nationalism; Jawaharlal Nehru; Lok Sabha; Affirmative action; Income; Oxford University Press; Database; Human capital flight; Respondent; Ethnic group; Of Education; Insurgency; Cambridge University Press; Immigration; Economist; Selection bias; Economic policy; Separatism; Politics of India; Ethnic nationalism; South Asia; Indian Readership Survey; Sikh; Devesh Kapur; Indian nationalism; Immigration policy; Immigration law; Philanthropy; Gujarat; Sri Lanka; Political party; Prejudice; British Empire; Democracy; Economic development; Myanmar; Authoritarianism; Indian Institutes of Technology; Liberalization; Islamophobia; Civic nationalism; Rajya Sabha; Andhra Pradesh; Economic inequality; Democratization; Students Islamic Movement of India; Center for Global Development; Failed state
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
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