Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science - Revisiting the Economic Development Thesis: The Impact of Globalized Foreign Direct Investment on India's Democracy

政治学博士论文研究——重温经济发展论文：全球化外国直接投资对印度民主的影响

• 批准号: 0718756
• 负责人: Leslie Anderson
• 金额: $ 1.15万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-01 至 2008-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0718756&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Political; Science

Primary Investigators: Leslie Anderson and Jonathan JonesTitle: Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Impact of Economic Globalization on Political Participation in India0718756AbstractThis study examines the impact of economic globalization on political participation in India. Since 1991, India's 28 states have implemented economic liberalization policies in widely different degrees. The research will capitalize on this diversity within India and will proceed in two stages. The first stage will be to ascertain whether state exposure to the global economy is in fact related to an eroding social welfare environment, as the research suggests. Time series data will be collected on all of India's 28 states, covering the period before the 1991 reforms to 2006. Independent variables will capture exposure to the global economy at the state level (such as foreign direct investment inflows, and % GDP attributed to exports). Dependent variables will include typical social redistribution indicators, such as trends in minimum wage. Much of this data will be collected at various government offices in Delhi. The second stage of the project will consist of an in depth study of two Indian states: Gujarat and Kerala. The former has undertaken extensive "market signaling" initiatives to facilitate foreign investment, and the latter has largely kept their border closed to the global economy. Interviews will be conducted with laborers in special economic zones (SEZs) in Gujarat to ascertain how exposure to the global economy has effected working class political participation (such as ability to strike or unionize). Interviews in Kerala will add an element of control over the research.This project has broad intellectual and social implications. Intellectually, the project will lead to a broader understanding of the impacts of economic globalization on lower class political participation in developing countries overall. The reality today is that most low and middle income countries are developing within a highly globalized economy. Understanding how such development impacts political participation is important to advancing our knowledge on how economic globalization affects the effectiveness and sustainability of democracy. By aligning with civil society organizations in India, the research will also contribute to a further understanding within India of the implications of economic globalization on Indian politics. Given that increased exposure to the global economy has very real life and death consequences for everyday Indians and citizens in developing countries across the globe, this project is timely and important.

主要研究者：Leslie安德森和乔纳森琼斯标题：博士论文研究：经济全球化对印度政治参与的影响摘要本研究考察了经济全球化对印度政治参与的影响。 自1991年以来，印度的28个邦在很大程度上实施了经济自由化政策。 这项研究将利用印度的这种多样性，分两个阶段进行。 第一阶段将是确定国家对全球经济的影响是否真的如研究所表明的那样与社会福利环境的侵蚀有关。 将收集印度所有28个邦的时间序列数据，涵盖1991年改革前至2006年期间。 独立变量将在州一级获取对全球经济的敞口（例如外国直接投资流入和归因于出口的GDP百分比）。 因变量将包括典型的社会再分配指标，如最低工资的趋势。 大部分数据将在德里的各个政府办公室收集。 该项目的第二阶段将包括对印度两个邦的深入研究：古吉拉特邦和喀拉拉邦。 前者采取了广泛的“市场信号”举措，以促进外国投资，后者在很大程度上对全球经济关闭了边境。 将对古吉拉特邦经济特区（SEZs）的工人进行采访，以确定全球经济的影响如何影响工人阶级的政治参与（如罢工或组织工会的能力）。 在喀拉拉邦的采访将增加对研究的控制因素。这个项目具有广泛的智力和社会影响。 在智力上，该项目将导致更广泛地了解经济全球化对整个发展中国家下层阶级政治参与的影响。 今天的现实是，大多数低收入和中等收入国家正在高度全球化的经济中发展。 了解这种发展如何影响政治参与，对于增进我们对经济全球化如何影响民主的有效性和可持续性的认识至关重要。 通过与印度的民间社会组织合作，这项研究还将有助于印度进一步了解经济全球化对印度政治的影响。 鉴于越来越多地接触全球经济对印度人和地球仪各地发展中国家的公民产生了非常真实的生死后果，这个项目是及时和重要的。