Diasporas and Foreign Direct Investment in China and India.

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Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Preface; Part IIntroduction and Theory; 1 Foreign Direct Investment in China and India ; Diasporas and Social Network Theory; FDI and FDI Policies in China and India; Political Theories of FDI Liberalization; Chapter Outlines; 2 Social Network Theory:Diasporas, Domestic Industry, and the Diffusion of FDI Liberalization; SNT as a New Policy Framework; Social Networks and Diffusion of FDI Liberalization; External Networks and Domestic Resistance.

Comparative Cases and Hypothesized ExplanationsEmpirical Materials; Conclusion; Part IIReform Stage I; 3 Diaspora Entrepreneurs and Diffusion of FDI Liberalization in China ; The New Government and Policy Options; The Rise of Diaspora Networks in Post-Mao China; Special Economic Zones and the Initiation of FDI Liberalization; Open Coastal Cities Overcame Challenge to FDI Liberalization; Reasserting FDI Liberalization after the Tiananmen Crisis; Conclusion; 4 Deregulation without Openness in India ; India Started Reform in the 1980s; Indira Gandhi's Business Networks and Deregulation.

Rajiv Gandhi's Diaspora Networks and Their Role in LiberalizationRajiv's Social Networks: Why FDI Liberalization Failed to Stay; Quiet Change in India's Government-Business Relations; Conclusion; Part IIIReform Stage II; 5 Deepening Diffusion: "Zone Fever" and SOE Reform in China ; Expanding Diaspora Networks; Diaspora Investment and "Zone Fever"; SOE Reform Deepened FDI Liberalization; Conclusion; 6 Indian Indigenous Industry and FDI ; Continual Divergence in FDI between China and India; Crisis, Reform, and Blowback in India; The Evolving New Social Basis of India's FDI Liberalization.

ConclusionPart IVForeign Direct Investment in Sectors; 7 China's Electronics and Automobiles ; The Electronics Industry: From SEZs to High-Tech Clusters; The Auto Sector: From Protectionism to Industrial Policy; FDI in Other Sectors; Conclusion; 8 FDI Liberalization in India's Informatics and Autos ; India's Diaspora and Informatics; Indigenous Industry and Auto Sector Liberalization; Other Sectors: Continuity or Change; Conclusion; 9 Conclusion: The State, Diasporas, and Development ; History and Geography, Networks, and Policies; Regime, State Autonomy, and Embeddedness.

FDI and Diaspora Investment: A Missing DistinctionDiaspora Differences and Consequences across China and India; Lessons and Trends; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

This book offers a comparative and historical analysis of foreign direct investment liberalization in China and India.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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