Doctoral Dissertation Research: Law and Citizenship in Postcolonial India

这篇论文的研究项目考察了法律如何在当代和历史背景下影响边缘人口。英国殖民统治引入的现代法律制度塑造了国家对公民私人生活的监管。该项目审查了殖民时代后印度目前的两项法律改革努力：废除反鸡奸法的运动和将成人卖淫合法化的运动。在三阶段设计中使用混合方法，研究人员解决了多个研究问题。首先，该项目利用档案分析来考察殖民国家如何塑造这些领域的后殖民法律法规。在这个项目的第二部分中，国际和平研究所使用了对新德里地方和国家群体的人种学比较研究，以了解两个法律改革运动中当代阻力是如何形成的。第三，该项目利用采访和文件分析来考察全球化、对艾滋病的担忧和人权制度如何影响印度这些法律改革的发展。在这方面，这项研究的洞察力将为跨国努力带来对这些国家法律问题的全球视角提供参考。

This dissertation research project examines how law can affect marginalized populations in a contemporary and historical context. The modern legal system introduced by British colonial rule shaped state regulation of citizens' private lives. Two current legal reform efforts in postcolonial India are examined in this project: a campaign to repeal the anti-sodomy law and the campaign to decriminalize adult prostitution. Using mixed methods in a three-phased design, the investigator addresses multiple research questions. First, the project utilizes archival analysis to examine how post-colonial legal regulation in these areas was shaped by the colonial state. In the second portion of this project, the co-PI uses an ethnographic comparative study of local and national groups in New Delhi to understand how contemporary resistance takes form in both legal reform movements. Third, the project draws on interviews and document analysis to examine how globalization, concerns over AIDS, and human rights regimes have shaped the development of these legal reforms in India. In this respect, the insights from this research will inform transnational efforts to bring global perspectives to these national legal issues.