Globalization in India : new frontiers and emerging challenges (Record no. 12957)
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| International Standard Book Number | 8120340388 |
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| Classification number | 338.900954 |
| Item number | PRA |
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| Personal name | Pramanick, Swapan Kumar Ed. |
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| Title | Globalization in India : new frontiers and emerging challenges |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | PHI Learning Pvt Ltd |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2010 |
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| Extent | xvi,423p. |
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| Title | Centre of associates for sociological Ssudies and action (Kolkata) endeavour |
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| General note | CONTENTS Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii List of Contributors xv Introduction 1-23 Globalization. 1 Capitalism and Globalization 3 Economic Globalization in the Developing Countries 9 Enhancement in Trading Activities. 9 Free-movement of Capital 10 Enhanced Financial Flows 10 Enhanced Inequality in Distribution of Income 10 Widening Rich-Poor Divide 11 Loss of State Autonomy 11 Insecurity and Volatility 11 Globalization and India 12 India in the Globalized World 12 The Inception 13 Positive Aspects 14 Negative Aspects 14 Current Trend. 15 The Book 16 1: Economic Globalization: Understanding the Process beyond the Polemics 24-42 - Sangeeta Mahapatra Abstract 24 The Tri-band of Globalization: Transference, Transformation and Transcendence 27 Clash in Characterization 27 Defects in 'Strong' Economic Globalization Theses 29 Understanding Economic Globalization in the Present 31 The Polemics of Growth, Poverty and Inequality 33 Global Financial Crisis. 36 Economic Globalization: Overlapping Communities of Fates 37 References 40 2:Globalization and Sustainable Development: Contextualising a Sociological Discourse 43-70 - R.N. Mohanty Abstract 43 Globalization-Making Sense 46 Globalization-Some Misgivings 48 Globalization is a New Phenomenon 49 Globalization is Synonymous with Westernization 50 Globalization Weakens State Sovereignty 51 Globalization is Internationalization 52 Globalization is Same as Modernization 52 Globalization is Linear 53 Globalization Impedes Localization 54 Globalization and Globalism 55 Globalization Means Homogenization. 56 Globalization and Sustainable Development 56 Effects of Globalization on Sustainability 57 The Neo-liberal Cornucopian 60 Reform Minded Skepticism 61 Global Justice 62 Three Competing Perspectives on Sustainable Development 62 Skeptics: Beyond Growth 63 Ecological Justice 63 Conclusion 64 References 65 3:Globalization, Crony Capitalism and the Indian Context of SEZ 71-94 - Purba Chattopadhyay Abstract 71 The Contemporary Process of Globalization 71 India in the Globalized World 72 Preconditions of Inception of Globalization in India 73 Present Status 74 Crony Capitalism 76 Emergence of Crony Capitalism. 77 Crony Capitalism in India 78 SEZ the Indian Scenario 80 Is There a Way Out? 86 References 94 4: Impact of Globalization on the Food Consumption of Urban India 95-113 - Swarna Sadasivam Vepa Abstract 95 Introduction 96 Backdrop of Indian Globalization and Urbanization 97 Globalization, Processed Food Imports and Domestic Expansion 99 Patterns of Urban Consumption 100 Trends in Average Consumption 100 Consumption Across the Expenditure Classes 101 Processed and Ready to Eat Foods-Consumption and Production 102 Average Consumption Across the States 104 Food Intake of the Urban Lower-income Classes 105 Nutritional Status of the Urban Population 109 Nutritional Disorders in Children 109 Problem of Obesity Among Non-poor 111 Conclusion 111 Notes 112 References 112 5: The Impact of Economic Liberalization on Employment and Wages in India 114-169 - Sonia Bhalotra Abstract 114 Introduction 114 Introducing Economic Liberalization 117 What is Economic Liberalization? 117 Overview of Liberalization in India 118 Is Liberalization 'Good'? 118 Approaches to Evaluation 120 The Nature of the Debate: An Illustration 121 Employment: Changes In Level And Structure 122 Priorities and Problems 122 Quality of Employment 124 Labour Laws and Job Security Regulations 126 Employment Changes in the Reform Era 128 Economic Reforms and Employment Growth 130 Employment in the 1980s 131 Employment in the 1990s 133 Child Labour 135 Unemployment 135 Concepts and Data 135 The Time Pattern 136 The Regional Pattern 137 Alternative Explanations of Persistent Unemployment Rate Differentials 138 Labour Demand and Unemployment Rates 139 The Wage-dampening Effect of Unemployment 139 The Long-run Wage-unemployment Relation Across Regions 140 Kerala: The Outlier 140 Wages: Growth and Distribution 141 Wage Growth in the Reform Era 141 Wage Structure 141 Imperfectly Competitive Labour Markets 145 Wage Determinants: A Summary of Findings 145 Efficiency Wages 148 Productivity 149 Economy-wide Productivity Growth 149 Productivity Growth in Organized Manufacturing 149 The Production Technology in Indian Manufacturing 150 Issues of Measurement of Productivity Growth 151 Growth Accounting 152 Returns to Scale: Scale Efficiency 152 Regional Productivity Differentials 153 Conclusion 153 Notes 154 References 157 APPENDIX 1:Alternative Employment Models 167 APPENDIX 2:Methods of Estimating TFPG 168 6:Global Forces of Change and Innovation: Issues of Organizational Stress 170-190 - Sudeshna Basil Mukhrjee and Anjali Ray Abstract 170 Global Forces of Change and Issues in Organization 172 Change and Stress of Innovation in Organizational System 175 Rapid Global Change and Life-Event Stress of Managers in Modernized Organization 177 Life Events Stress 179 Conclusion 181 Notes 183 References 185 7: How to Govern Corporate Houses? Significance of Industrial Democracy and Social Unionism in the Context of Globalization 191-218 - Biswajit Ghosh Abstract 191 Introductio 192 Relevance of Industrial Democracy in Contemporary Society 193 Rise of Concern for Social Unionism 198 Indian Experience 202 Rise of New Type of Unionism in Post-Liberalized India 208 Conclusion 212 Notes 213 References 215 8:Globalization and Neo-liberal Economic Reforms in India: A Critical Review 219-243 - Kalim Siddiqui Abstract. 219 Introduction 220 The Adoption of Neo-liberalism and Economic Growth 221 Capital Inflows 226 Changing Perception in the West 228 Inter-sectoral and Regional Changes 230 Conclusion 239 Notes 241 References 241 9:The Indo-US Nuclear Deal in an Era of Globalization 244-266 - Gomathy Narayan Abstract 244 Notes 260 References 261 APPENDIX: Chronology of the Indo-US Nuclear Deal 264 10:Falling in Love in Mumbai: Professional Women and Companionate Marriag 267-289 - Susan Dewey Abstract 267 Introduction 268 Methodology and Brief Synopsis of Findings 269 'Modern' Marriages, Historically Situated. 270 Globalization, Mass Media and the Companionate Ideal in Mumbai 271 Conclusion 287 Notes . 287 References 288 11:Changing Urban Landscape: A Socio-Semiotic Profile of a Shopping Mall in Kolkata 290-314 - Amit Sanyal Attract 290 City Centre, Kolkata 293 The Architecture and the Settings 295 Display and Its Effects 298 Socio-semiotics of the Mall 302 Transportation 304 Transaction 305 Food 306 Fashion 307 Technology 308 Body 308 Space 309 Conclusion. 310 Notes 313 References 314 12:The Water Privatization Process, Global Politics and Ecological Struggles in India 315-340 - Vandana Asthana Abstract 315 Introduction 318 Economic Liberalization at the World Stage 320 The Process of Economic Liberalization in India 322 National and International Developments in the Water Sector 323 Sub-national Dynamics and Private Sector Participation in Water 325 Models of Privatization in India 327 The Case of the Delhi Water Reform Project. 329 Sonia Vihar Water Treatment Plant: Disputed from the Very Beginning 330 Water Distribution by Private companies. 331 Protests against the Project 332 Whose Water, for Whom and at What Costs? 334 Notes 337 References 338 13:Beyond Globalization: A Cultural Study [A New CMIE Matrix] 341-373 - Abir Chattopadhyay Abstract 341 Introduction 342 Towards a Global (Corporate) Culture? 344 Manifold Crises: A Cultural Jolt? 346 Transcorporatization and Emergence of Newer Cultural Establishments 347 Globalization-Americanization: TNC-ization and Media-ization 349 Cleansing Ethnicity: US Route Towards Globalization 352 Political Economy of Media: Conglomeration and Decline of Democracy 353 Mediation and Consumption: Third Phase of Modernity 357 Centres and Peripheries: The Gap is widening 359 Deprivation Vs. Development? An Aberrant Polarization 361 Deterritorialization of Culture 363 Failure of the Structure? 363 A New Definition of Culture and Social Peripheries 366 Conclusion 369 Notes 372 References 372 14:Hindi Popular Cinema: Negotiating the Global and the Nation 374-403 - Samarpita Ghosh Ray Abstract 374 The Advent of Global Culture and Its Ramifications 375 Cinema and the Nation and Its Entry into the Globalization 378 Early Signs of the Global and a Retreatist State 384 Rise of Belligerent Nationalism 387 Space Refined by Power and Logic of Capital 389 Rise of a Consumable Hero 391 Eroticized and Fetishized Heronies 392 Branding of Popular Hindi Film: The Phenomena Called Bollywood 394 Re-territorialized Nation: An Invitation to the Diaspora 396 Notes 400 Reference 401 15:Globalization and Terrorism 404-418 - Gargi Mukhopadhyay Abstrac 404 Defining Globalization 405 Defining Terrorism 406 Terrorism: A Brief History 407 Terrorism: Globalization's Responsibility? 409 Facets of Globalization Giving Rise to Terrorism 411 Globalization and Terrorism 414 Probing: The Future with Terrorism! 415 Notes 417 References 417 Index 419-423 |
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| Personal name | Ganguly, Ramanuj Ed. |
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| -- | School of Planning, CEPT Uni. |
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