2011/03/09 by Constantino Xavier · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy #Diaspora, migration, transnational identity #Socioeconomic Development in Asia #Citizenship #Diaspora #Compromise #Contingency #Capital (architecture) #Government (linguistics) #Dual (grammatical number) #Political science #Cultural capital #Political economy #Sociology #Law #History #Politics
paper · doi:10.1080/13537113.2011.550545
openalex publication_date 2011/03/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
In response to economic needs after the 1991 reforms, India instituted a diaspora policy that extracted emigrants’ material wealth in exchange for cultural capital. Increasingly caught between mounting diasporic demands for the extension of dual citizenship and domestic apprehensions hostile to such a provision, the Indian government was forced to compromise by creating the Overseas Citizenship of India. This article argues that, beyond mere contingency and dependence on the existing repertoire of national membership, this novel form of limited citizenship is also the result of a deliberate governmental strategy to assuage more activist segments of the diaspora.