Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Social Effects of Enclave Economic Zones: The Case of India

博士论文研究：飞地经济区的社会影响：印度案例

• 批准号: 1061125
• 负责人: David Harvey
• 金额: $ 1.92万
• 依托单位: CUNY Graduate School University Center
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-02-15 至 2013-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1061125&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Social; Effects

Doctoral student Preeti Sampat (City University of New York), under the guidance of Dr. David Harvey, will undertake anthropological research on the genesis, enactment and implementation of the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Act 2005 in India. Set-aside or enclave economic zones, which provide signficant national and international investment opportunities, are now a ubiquitous tool of economic growth throughout the developing world. While the Indian SEZ Act was approved by the Indian parliament with complete consensus among all political parties, SEZs soon became the subject of disruptive contestation over land and resources between developers, the government, and citizen and peasant groups. Thus this research is important for the contribution it will make to understanding local-level consequences of such zones and possible ways that their implementation may be improved to better benefit all concerned.Sampat will conduct research in multiple sites in India. She will employ a combination of ethnographic methods including in-depth interviews, life histories interviews, participant observation, and archival research. She will explore claims around SEZs made by various key actors, such as developers, politicians, bureaucrats, and citizen and peasant organizations. She will focus in particular on the genesis and implementation of the SEZ Act 2005, the emergent jurisprudence around the SEZ law and the right to land and resources, and the implementation of SEZs and resistance to them in two sites.Findings from this research will contribute to theorizing the changing political economy of land and resources, law-making processes, and democratic practices in the context of a formerly closed economy that has increased its international economic engagement significantly over the past two decades. The study also will further analyses of contemporary social movements and their implications for democracy and citizenship, and of export-oriented enclave economies as central loci of complex local and global processes. Funding this research also supports the education of a graduate student.

博士生Preeti Sampat(纽约市立大学)将在David Harvey博士的指导下，对印度2005年经济特区法案的起源、颁布和实施进行人类学研究。保留经济区或飞地经济区提供了重要的国家和国际投资机会，现在是整个发展中世界普遍存在的经济增长工具。虽然印度经济特区法案在所有政党完全一致的情况下得到了印度议会的批准，但经济特区很快就成为开发商、政府以及公民和农民团体之间关于土地和资源的颠覆性争论的主题。因此，这项研究对于了解此类区域的地方后果以及可能改进其实施以更好地造福所有相关各方具有重要意义。Sampat将在印度的多个地点进行研究。她将采用人种学方法的组合，包括深度访谈、生活史访谈、参与者观察和档案研究。她将探讨各种关键行为者围绕经济特区提出的主张，如开发商、政客、官僚以及公民和农民组织。她将特别关注2005年经济特区法案的产生和实施，围绕经济特区法律和土地和资源权的新出现的法理，以及经济特区的实施和在两个地点对其的抵制。这项研究的发现将有助于在过去20年来显著增加其国际经济参与的以前封闭的经济背景下，对不断变化的土地和资源政治经济学、立法进程和民主实践进行理论分析。该研究还将进一步分析当代社会运动及其对民主和公民身份的影响，以及将出口导向型飞地经济作为复杂的地方和全球进程的中心地点。资助这项研究还支持研究生的教育。