Diaspora, Development, and Democracy
The Domestic Impact Of International Migration From India
Price: 795.00 INR
ISBN:
9780198070214
Publication date:
20/10/2010
Hardback
344 pages
Price: 795.00 INR
ISBN:
9780198070214
Publication date:
20/10/2010
Hardback
344 pages
Devesh Kapur
Suitable for: This book will be of considerable interest to students and scholars of migration and diaspora studies, peace and conflict resolution studies, South Asian studies, international relations, and political economy.
Rights: SOUTH ASIA RIGHTS (RESTRICTED)
Devesh Kapur
Description
What happens to a country when its skilled workers emigrate? The first book to examine the complex economic, social, and political effects of migration on India, Diaspora, Development, and Democracy provides a conceptual framework for understanding the repercussions of international migration on migrants' home countries. Migration has influenced India far beyond a simplistic ‘brain drain'. Its impact greatly depends on who leaves and why. Devesh Kapur offers new methods and empirical evidence for measuring these traits and shows how data about these characteristics link to specific outcomes. He argues that the positive selection of Indian migrants through education has strengthened India's democracy by creating a political space for previously excluded social groups. The book demonstrates how education and training abroad has played an important role in facilitating the flow of expertise to India, integrating the country into the world economy, and positively shaping how India is perceived. Kapur 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.
Devesh Kapur
Devesh Kapur
Description
What happens to a country when its skilled workers emigrate? The first book to examine the complex economic, social, and political effects of migration on India, Diaspora, Development, and Democracy provides a conceptual framework for understanding the repercussions of international migration on migrants' home countries. Migration has influenced India far beyond a simplistic ‘brain drain'. Its impact greatly depends on who leaves and why. Devesh Kapur offers new methods and empirical evidence for measuring these traits and shows how data about these characteristics link to specific outcomes. He argues that the positive selection of Indian migrants through education has strengthened India's democracy by creating a political space for previously excluded social groups. The book demonstrates how education and training abroad has played an important role in facilitating the flow of expertise to India, integrating the country into the world economy, and positively shaping how India is perceived. Kapur 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.
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