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

主要研究者：Leslie Anderson和Jonathan JonesTitle：博士论文研究：经济全球化对印度政治参与的影响[0718756]摘要本研究考察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内部的这种多样性，并将分两个阶段进行。第一阶段将是确定国家对全球经济的敞口是否如研究表明的那样，实际上与社会福利环境的侵蚀有关。将收集印度所有28个邦从1991年改革前到2006年的时间序列数据。独立变量将体现在国家层面上对全球经济的影响（如外国直接投资流入和出口占GDP的百分比）。因变量将包括典型的社会再分配指标，如最低工资趋势。这些数据大部分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：古吉拉特邦和喀拉拉邦进行深入研究。前者采取了广泛的“市场信号”举措，以促进外国投资，而后者在很大程度上保持了对全球经济的封闭。访谈将对古吉拉特邦经济特区（SEZs）的劳动者进行，以确定受全球经济影响如何影响工人阶级的政治参与（如罢工或工会的能力）。在喀拉拉邦的采访将增加对研究的控制。这个项目具有广泛的知识和社会意义。在智力上，该项目将导致对经济全球化对发展中国家整体下层政治参与的影响的更广泛的理解。今天的现实是，大多数低收入和中等收入国家都是在高度全球化的经济中发展的。了解这种发展如何影响政治参与，对于提高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非常重要。通过与印度的民间社会组织合作，本研究还将有助于印度国内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全球发展中国家公民的日常生活和死亡造成了非常现实的影响，这个项目是及时和重要的。

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.