Diaspora, Development, and Democracy
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Diaspora, Development, and Democracy

The Domestic Impact of International Migration from India

  1. 344 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Diaspora, Development, and Democracy

The Domestic Impact of International Migration from India

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures and Tables
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Chapter 1 - The Missing Leg of the Globalization Triad: International Migration
  9. Chapter 2 - Analytical Framework and Research Methodology
  10. Chapter 3 - Selection Characteristics of Emigration from India
  11. Chapter 4 - Economic Effects
  12. Chapter 5 - Social Remittances: Migration and the Flow of Ideas
  13. Chapter 6 - International Migration and the Paradox of India’s Democracy
  14. Chapter 7 - The Indian Diaspora and Indian Foreign Policy: Soft Power or Soft Underbelly?
  15. Chapter 8 - Civil or Uncivil Transnational Society? The Janus Face of Long-Distance Nationalism
  16. Chapter 9 - Spatially Unbound Nations
  17. Appendix I - Survey of Emigration from India (SEI)
  18. Appendix II - Survey of Asian Indians in the United States (SAIUS): Methodology
  19. Appendix III - Survey of Asian Indians in the United States (SAIUS): Questionnaire
  20. Appendix IV - Database on India’s Elites (1950–2000)
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index