CONTENTS Preface 9 Introduction S.R. MEHTA 11 SECTION I Globalizatlon and Social Transformation in India S.L. SHARMA 69 SECTION II Globalizetlon: Production of Sociological Knowledge Globalization, Nation-State and Production of Sociological Knowledge MANISH K. THAKUR 103 SECTION III Globalization: Economic and Political Perspectives Gtobalization and the Third World: Working of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank SURINDER KUMAR & SoHAN SHARMA 121 Globalization and the Impact of Outsourcing on the Indian Economy SUDHAKAR PANDA & PRASHANT CH. PANDA 141 Understanding Globalization in the Framework of Gramsci T.R. SHARMA 147 Globalization and the Nehruvian Paradigm TAPAS K. ROY CHOUDHURY 165 Globalization, Democracy and Human Rights SHERRY SABBARWAL 183 Legal, Sociological and Philosophical Perspectives on Ecology in the Context of Globalization J.S. GANDHI 201 SECTION IV Globalization, Culture, Mass Media, Language and Education The Sorcerer and His Apprentice: Globalization and Culture MURZBAN JAL 215 Globalization and its Impact on Culture with Special Reference to India B.K. NAOLA 235 Transnational Television and Socio-Cultural Diversities in the Indian Sub-Continent: Will it survive? BINOD C, AGRAWAI. 261 English and Indian Languages in the Context of Globalization B.S. KUMAR 273 Globalization and Higher Education tn India: Issues and Concerns MOHAN JHARTA & BHAWNA JHARTA 283 SECTION V Globalization and Tribal Development The Dilemma of Tribal Development in the Context of Globalised Market Economy O.K. BHATTACHARYA 307 Sub-Texts in Multiple texts of Globalization: A Case of Tribal Travails in Orissa SHALINA MEHTA & CHAKRAVERTI MAHAJAN 321 SECTION VI Concern over Future of Cultures in the Context of Globalization YOGESH ATAL 345 List of Contributors 363