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Indian Support for International Law

Indian Support for International Law. Trace Main tm7399a@american.edu American University School of International Service. Research Question.

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Indian Support for International Law

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  1. Indian Support for International Law Trace Main tm7399a@american.edu American University School of International Service

  2. Research Question • What impact does age, level of education, religion, nationalism, economic drivers, social class and belief in a strong government have on an Indian’s support for the ideals of international law in 2001? • The dependent variable—Indian’s valuation of international law in 2001—will be ascertained by comparing the ordinal values of how strongly people value democratic principles through comparing pro-rule-of-law adherence to pro-military intervention. It assumes these ideals are held in equal regard whether intra-nationally or internationally.

  3. Literature Review • David P. Fidler and SumitGanguly. "India and Eastphalia." Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies 17.1 (2010): 147-164. Project MUSE. Web. 21 Jan. 2011. <http://muse.jhu.edu/>. • This article explores India's complex role in the potential dawning and functioning of an Eastphalian international system. It looks at features of India's economic and political rise in the past ten to fifteen years, as well as India's commitment to the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence as an ordering framework for India's worldview and foreign policy. • Simmons, BA.  2009.  Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics. : Cambridge University Press • Simmons argues that international human rights law should get more practical and rhetorical support from the international community as a supplement to broader efforts to address conflict, development, and democratization.

  4. Data • Data comes from the World Values Survey 2001 • Dependent Variable: Democracy: can change laws through referendums • Independent Variables: • Age • Religious Denomination • Social class • National Pride • Level of education

  5. Descriptive Statistics

  6. Probit Results: Dependent Variable, Democracy: can change laws through referendum

  7. Conclusions and Policy Suggestions • Recommend a more targeted study of support for International Law among Indians specifically • There is widespread support among Indians for military intervention in the case of an incompetent government • This has many policy implications for the practice of international law involving India, including the internal political ramifications for an Indian pro-international law representative when eliciting such support from the constituency • To increase Indian support for international rule-of-law, it is important to provide education among the less educated population in the form of awareness campaigns about international law

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