Kapur, Devesh,

Diaspora, development, and democracy: the domestic impact of international migration from India/ Devesh Kapur. - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2010. - xv, 325 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The missing leg of the globalization triad : international migration -- Analytical framework and research methodology -- Selection characteristics of emigration from India -- Economic effects -- Social remittances : migration and the flow of ideas -- International migration and the paradox of India's democracy -- The Indian diaspora and Indian foreign policy : soft power or soft underbelly? -- Civil or uncivil transnational society? The janus face of long-distance nationalism -- Spatially unbound nations.

9780691125381 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0691125384 (hardcover : alk. paper)


East Indians--Foreign countries.


India--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
India--Emigration and immigration--Political aspects.

304.80954 / KAP/D