The migration-development regime : how class shapes Indian emigration / Rina Agarwala.
Series: Modern South Asia: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197586433.Subject(s): Social classes -- India | Emigrant remittances -- India | East Indian diaspora | India -- Emigration and immigration -- History | India -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy | India -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects | Society | Sociology & anthropologyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197586402DDC classification: 304.80954 Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: Rina Agarwala seeks to understand how international migration is affecting sending countries and migrants themselves. Specifically, she examines the case of India, the world's largest emigrant exporter and the world's largest remittance receiver. Rather than seeing emigration as simply a neoliberal disaster or a panacea for globalisation, this book shows how the Indian state has long used and controlled its poor and elite emigrants differently to further Indian development, and how Indian emigrants have differentially reacted to state practices over time. These findings help Agarwala expose what is truly novel about India's contemporary emigration practices, which have deepened class inequalities within India more than ever before.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rina Agarwala seeks to understand how international migration is affecting sending countries and migrants themselves. Specifically, she examines the case of India, the world's largest emigrant exporter and the world's largest remittance receiver. Rather than seeing emigration as simply a neoliberal disaster or a panacea for globalisation, this book shows how the Indian state has long used and controlled its poor and elite emigrants differently to further Indian development, and how Indian emigrants have differentially reacted to state practices over time. These findings help Agarwala expose what is truly novel about India's contemporary emigration practices, which have deepened class inequalities within India more than ever before.
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