{"product_id":"diaspora-development-and-democracy-9780691125381","title":"Diaspora Development and Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens to a country when its skilled workers emigrate? This book examines the complex economic, social, and political effects of emigration on India, and provides a framework for understanding the repercussions of international migration on migrants' home countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCo-Winner of the 2012 Distinguished Book Award, Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section of the International Studies Association \"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.\"--Choice \"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 \"[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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList 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","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767919870295,"sku":"9780691125381","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691125381.jpg?v=1758715516","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/diaspora-development-and-democracy-9780691125381","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}