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It resulted in significant decline in costs of transportation and broke down trade and cultural barriers among countries.  However, the new order also raised several questions in its wake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurjit S Bhalla addresses these questions head on in his book. Has globalization made the world grow faster? Has poverty declined at a faster pace during globalization? If yes, why? If not, is it because the growth rate was lower, or because inequality worsened, or both? Who has gained from globalization? Is it the elite in both the developed and developing world? What about the middle class? Who are they? How have they benefited from (or lost to) the forces of globalization?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis comprehensive study firmly debunks several popular myths such as the belief that globalization has resulted in lower overall growth rates for poor countries, increasing world inequality, and stagnating poverty levels. 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It delves into the impact of intellectual property rights on global business and on consumers of goods and important services in the market. It knits together global strategic business interests, historical accounts, human impact, and economic and development issues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow did rules governing intellectual property become pat of the World Trade Organization’s free trade agreements? How have these rules changed the knowledge game for international business? What are the consequences for the ownership of biotechnology and digital technology, and for all those who will have to pay for what was once shared information? Who will be the global winners and losers?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book tells the story of these profound transformations in information ownership. It argues that in the globalized information society, the rich have found new ways to rob the poor, but show how intellectual property rights can and must be more democratically defined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors link the discussions on intellectual property to various related issues in developing countries, particularly India, and analyse the responses of Indian policy-makers. They particularly discuss India’s role form 1960 to 1980, when it led the developing countries resistance to western business initiative to ratchet up standards on intellectual property protection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShorn of legal jargon this volume is indispensable for policy-makers, corporate houses, professionals, economists, and lawyers. 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Besides, Chapter 58 deals with the main aspects of the current Tenth Five-Year Plan. All this will enable the reader to properly understand the present state of the economy and the progress that it is making.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo equip the reader with the analytical tools for understanding the Indian economy, the first two chapters explain the economics of underdevelopment and development. The next two chapters give an overview of the past and the present state of the Indian economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapters on natural resources, human resources (encompassing population, labour-force, and human capital), physical capital and infrastructure describe the productive capacity of the economy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsiderable space is then devoted to the study of national income, its industrial origin and its distribution as also poverty. 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Few have the depth and breadth of experience to be able to sensibly and convincingly subject this dynamic and controversial topic to the depth of analysis he has achieved.\u003cbr\u003e-Barry A K Rider, Executive Director, \u003cbr\u003eCentre for International Documentation on Organized and Economic Crime, Cambridge, and formerly Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I: BIG CRIMES-BIG MONEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrime in General -A Brief Survey\u003cbr\u003eOrganized Crime\u003cbr\u003eTerrorism\u003cbr\u003eDrug Trafficking\u003cbr\u003eBribery and Corruption\u003cbr\u003eEconomic Scams\u003cbr\u003eInternational Economic Crime\u003cbr\u003eTax Evasion and the Black Economy\u003cbr\u003eSmuggling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II: HOW MONEY IS LAUNDERED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Basics of Money Laundering\u003cbr\u003eMechanics and Typologies of Money Laundering \u003cbr\u003eUnderground and Parallel Banking Systems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III: HOW CRIME AND MONEY LAUNDERING IMPINGE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoney Laundering: Implications for National Security\u003cbr\u003eEconomic Liberalization: Perils Faced by a Growing Economy\u003cbr\u003eFeatures of Transition Economies and Scope for Money Laundering\u003cbr\u003eAnother Look at Threats Faced by Economies\u003cbr\u003eStrategies for Loss Prevention\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV: RECENT ADVANCES AND OTHER ASPECTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eE-Commerce, the Internet and Money Laundering\u003cbr\u003eThe Offshore-Onshore Debate\u003cbr\u003eImportant Factors Impinging on the Proceeds of Crime and Money Laundering\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART V: LAWS AND THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL\/REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND EXPERT BODIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoney Laundering Laws\u003cbr\u003eMoney Laundering Law in India\u003cbr\u003eOther Initiatives to Counter Money Laundering \u003cbr\u003eThe Role of International Organizations, Expert Groupings and Regional Bodies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Jyoti Trehan \/ Oxford University Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776333754537,"sku":"14430","price":38.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/14430_f7e5f45b-7ab2-41f5-9828-665a4b54169e.jpg?v=1625568203"},{"product_id":"14635-the-changing-face-of-globalization","title":"The Changing Face of Globalization","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Samir Dasgupta\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sage Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2004\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 332\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0761932917\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlobalization is one of the most controversial concepts of our age and it is not surprising that heated debates rage around it. 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Not a day goes by without impassioned authors and activists, whether anti-or pro-globalization, putting their oars into these agitated waters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen all is said, however, we lack a clear, coherent and comprehensive sense of how globalization works, and how it might be made to work better. Enter Jagdish Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist, known equally for the clarity of his arguments and the sharpness of his pen. In this book, Bhagwati takes on globalization’s critics, using sound economic principles and vivid examples rather than inflamed rhetoric, to show that globalizations is in fact the most powerful force for social good in the world today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBhagwati explains why the Gotcha examples are often not as they seem-that in fact globalization often alleviates many of the problems for which it has been blamed. Bhagwati carefully explains the fallacies that underlie many of the critics’ arguments, suggesting that there is a good reason why most globalization protesters come from rich rather than poor countries. Exploring globalization’s human face in great detail, Bhagwati demonstrates its beneficial effects on a panoply of social issues including poverty, child labor, women’s rights, democracy, wage and labor standards, and the environment. He concludes that by focusing so much on globalizations purported evils, we are missing the opportunity to focus on accelerating its achievements while coping with its downsides.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOften controversial and always compelling, Jagdish Bhagwati here provides at last a book that cuts through the noise on this most contentious issue, showing that globalization is part of the solution, not part of the problem. Anyone who wants to understand what’s at stake in the globalization wars will want to read In Defence of Globalization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the book that everyone has been waiting for. Jagdish Bhagwati thoughtfully considers the arguments of the anti-Globalization movement and shows the peril they pose to world development.\u003cbr\u003e-George Akerlof, University of California at Berkeley, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe new century's major economic issue is Globalization, Yes? or Globalization, No? Columbia University's Bhagwati, regarded as a master economist by all trade experts, has prepared for the intelligent public an even-handed analysis of the pros and cons. Read and ponder.\u003cbr\u003e-Paul A. Samuelson, M.I.T., Nobel laureate in Economics \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn important contribution to an often incoherent debate. As we expect of Mr. Bhagwati, it is cogently argued and well written. It sets out a persuasive case in favor of globalization. And because of Mr. Bhagwati's impeccable credentials, there is a better chance his book will be given a fair hearing than might be the case with some other authors. Put simply, Mr. Bhagwati has street cred.\u003cbr\u003e-Anne Krueger (Acting Director of the IMF), Financial Times \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn outstandingly effective book, Until further notice In Defense of Globalization becomes the standard general-interest reference, the intelligent layman's handbook, on global economic integration.\u003cbr\u003e-The Economist \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis charming cosmopolitanism will also allay the fears of critics convinced that economists are incapable of appreciating non-economic values. 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Indeed, the volume is distinctive for its underlining the central role that geopolitics has played in the contemporary structuring of globalization, focusing specially on the US as the hegemonic power along with its European allies-the regime makers' in the modern-day international system. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book operates on a vast theoretical and empirical canvas. It informs readers on the nature of globalization and the role of markets and geopolitics. It then applies its finds to the understanding of developmental success in the original 'Asian tigers', the Southeast Asian nations, and China. 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In a twist that highlights the new era, Americans are now even beginning to select India as the place for quality medical care, at a much better price.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, as author Ashutosh Sheshabalaya explains, India itself is undergoing a remarkable transformation as its middle class sells to become larger than the entire US population.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRising elephant shows that the roots of job relocation are deep, dating back to the 1980s and early 1990s, and have become entangled within a complex set of new, fast-moving economic and geopolitical equations. As a result, moves to cap the process will be short-lived, especially with higher-value technology jobs. This structural shift is being masked by new, low-wage jobs and under-employment in the West-at least for now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAwareness about such a rising tide has been handicapped, firstly by the frenzy of the dotcom Boom years, and more importantly, by hugely out-of-date perceptions about India-the principal driver of white-collar job relocation. The author squarely addresses such misperceptions and explains India’s changing place in a world it has begun to reshape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAUTHOR’S NOTE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eLeviathan’s Veil: Eight Myths Concealing the Rising Elephant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 1\u003cbr\u003eHeralding the New, New Economy-Another Giant Sucking Sound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 2\u003cbr\u003eFrom Backoffice to Biotech-How the Elephant is Playing to Win\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 3\u003cbr\u003eA Rising Software Titan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 4\u003cbr\u003eThe Definite Smell of Curry-How India Spiced Up America’s Hot Industry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 5\u003cbr\u003eThe Elephant’s Mounting Weight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 6\u003cbr\u003eBack to the Future-The Indian Context\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 7\u003cbr\u003eLinking Here and There-Boom to Bust\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 8\u003cbr\u003ePreparing America for the New Age of Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOTES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Ashutosh Sheshabalaya \/ Macmillan \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776343224489,"sku":"14926","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/14926_27df5a5b-d0eb-4d3b-addb-68e5a60c36e9.jpg?v=1625525034"},{"product_id":"14946-essays-on-development-strategy-regional-disparities-and-centre-state-financial-relations-in-india","title":"Essays on Development Strategy, Regional Disparities and Centre-State Financial Relations in India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: C H  Hanumantha Rao\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Academic Foundation\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2005\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 335\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8171884180\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe present volume brings together author's papers on the three related themes, viz, Development Strategy, Regional Disparities in Development and Centre-State Financial Relations in India. 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Needless to say, here's an extremely useful book for students of Indian economy and a valuable guide for policymakers, researchers and economic analysts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInternationally recognized expert and one of India’s most distinguished economists, C H Hanumantha Rao has contributed immensely to a better understanding of India’s economy. Often quoted and re-quoted over the years, his meticulously prepared research and policymakers alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is only most appropriate that a good majority of his relatively less accessible, although academically most relevant, writings are collected, thematically arranged and presented together at one source. The present volume is an humble attempt towards this end along with a separately published companion volume entitled Essays on Agricultural Growth, Farm Size and Rural Poverty alleviation in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether, these volumes are a perfect tribute to the rare scholarship of this most unassuming, yet most outstanding scholar, on his 75th birthday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChakravarty on Development Strategy in India\u003cbr\u003eIndira Gandhi's Contribution to Economic Planning in India\u003cbr\u003ePlanning in India: An Overview of Experience\u003cbr\u003eThe Role of Public Sector in Indian Economy\u003cbr\u003eApproach to the Seventh Plan: A Note\u003cbr\u003eEight Plan: Major Issues of Concern\u003cbr\u003ePricing Policy and Strategy for Surplus Generation\u003cbr\u003ePricing Policy and Generation of Resources\u003cbr\u003eAppraisal of Urban Development Projects: Concepts, Techniques and Practice\u003cbr\u003eWorld Development Report, 1991: A Critique\u003cbr\u003eChanging Role of the State in relation to Markets\u003cbr\u003eSocial Welfare: When the Market Fails\u003cbr\u003eThe Burden of Reforms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREGIONAL DISPARITIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoverty and Development: Characteristics of Less-Developed Regions in India\u003cbr\u003ePlanning for Development and Removal of Regional Imbalances with Special Reference to Bihar\u003cbr\u003eA Special Programme for Breakthrough in Rice Output in Eastern States\u003cbr\u003eObservations on Planning and Implementation of the Special Programme for Rice Production\u003cbr\u003eDevelopment of Tribal Areas: The Case of Bastar\u003cbr\u003eSectoral Planning for Telangana: Some Issues for Consideration\u003cbr\u003eRationale for Smaller States: The New Imperatives\u003cbr\u003eUttarakhand: Need for Separate Statehood\u003cbr\u003eBudgetary Surpluses of Telangana\u003cbr\u003eGrowth, Poverty and Tax Effort: An Inter-State Comparison with Special Reference to Bihar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTAXATION AND CENTRE-STATE FINANCIAL RELATIONS IN INDIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResource Prospects from the Rural Sector: The Case of Indirect Taxes\u003cbr\u003eAgricultural Taxation: Raj Committee's Report\u003cbr\u003eSome Further Thoughts on Agricultural Taxation\u003cbr\u003eCriteria for the Distribution of Financial Resources Among States\u003cbr\u003eCentre-State Financial Relations: A Perspective for National Economic Integration\u003cbr\u003eImproving Equity of Gadgil Formula\u003cbr\u003eTasks Before the Tenth Finance Commission\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"C H  Hanumantha Rao \/ Academic Foundation \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776343486633,"sku":"14946","price":45.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/14946_c52f6b71-93b7-47ce-b476-aad83556d3c3.jpg?v=1625568364"},{"product_id":"14968-deepening-democracy-challenges-of-governance-and-globalization-in-india","title":"Deepening Democracy - Challenges of Governance and Globalization in India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Madhu Purnima Kishwar\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2005\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 334\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 019565689X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs India prepares to enter an era that promises more wealth, equity, and prosperity to its citizens, this volume brings together essays by noted scholar-activist Madhu Purnima Kishwar on enduring issues such as rights, governance, and the impact of globalization on the average Indian citizen. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume covers a range of issues from a glimpse of the License-Permit-Raid Raj as it affects the livelihood of the self-employed poor, to a critique of India's farm and economic policies. 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Written in a lucid and engaging style, this book will draw a wide readership among scholars across disciplines, in addition to activists, journalists, policy-makers, bureaucrats, and the lay reader.\u003cbr\u003eStudents and scholars of politics, sociology, anthropology, history, as well as journalists, activists and general readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMadhu Kishwar always makes for refreshing reading-style as well as substance. Much damage has been done to Indian economic policy-making by bleeding hearts, one manifestation being what she calls the anti-Globalization Brigade (AGB). The volume argues that without the government’s heavy hand, the lot of the poor would have been better. For those who know about Kishwar’s work on rickshaw-pullers and vendors, and those who don’t, this book makes for compelling reading.\u003cbr\u003e-Bibek Debroy\u003cbr\u003eRajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Studies, New Delhi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne does not have to agree with Madhu Kishwar to recognize that she is one of India’s most independent-minded activist-scholars, unrestrained by political and academic correctness. Her distinctive take on the Indian predicament today revolves around a spirited rejection of the Statism that informs the opposition to globalization among most political formations in India, and a defiant plea to decentralize Indian politics to take advantage of the possibilities that globalization opens up for India’s poor.\u003cbr\u003e-Ashis Nandy\u003cbr\u003eCentre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENTS \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaws, Liberty, and Livelihood: Economic Warfare against Rickshaw Owners and Pullers \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlackmail, Bribes, and Beatings: Licence-Quota-Raid Raj for Street Vendors \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCutting our Own Lifeline: A Review of India's Farm Policy\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCaptive People, Free Trade?: Human Rights and National Boundaries \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNaukri as Property: Causes and Cures for Corruptions in Government \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Half Step Forward: The Thwarting of Economic Reforms in India \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Nature's Call is a Crime: Breakdown of Conflict Resolution of Mechanisms in India \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSymbols of Mental Slavery: Of Toilets, Tubs, and Drains \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDestroying Minds and Skills: The Dominance of Angreziyat in our Education \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYours Nationally \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond For or Against: Unexplored Complexities of India's Reservation Policy \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarks, Merit, and Competence: Are Reservations Inherently Anti-Efficiency \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMajoritarianism vs Minoritarianism: Hindu-Muslim Relations in Post-Independence India \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Agenda for India: The Speech We Deserved to Hear on August 15\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Madhu Purnima Kishwar \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776344502441,"sku":"14968","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/14968_888e0bae-3e6e-4247-b2b2-8fd497d69197.jpg?v=1625568368"},{"product_id":"16087-questioning-globalization","title":"Questioning Globalization","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Kavaljit Singh\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Madhyam Books\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2005\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 192\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 1842772791\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlobalization has become the cliche of our times. 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I highly recommend the book to all activists including those who are already convinced that neo-liberalism must be defeated.\u003cbr\u003e-Samir Amin\u003cbr\u003eDirector, forum tiers Monde, Senegal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKavaljit Singh has written a brilliant and succinct series of responses to a number of basic questions which have academic and political relevance. 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Writing from outside the usual Western perspective, the book challenges many of the usual preconceptions about the impact of globalisation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJha argues that capitalism has developed in four major stages. With a foreword by Eric Hobsbawm, the book provides a detailed history of the rise of capitalism from its early days through the industrial revolution until today. Examining the role of the nation state, this book presents a truly unique perspective on globalisation that will be of interest to all students of economic theory and international relations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA thoughtful, well-documented, and passionately argued account, It should be read by anyone who cares about the future of world society.\u003cbr\u003e-Giovanni Arrighi, Johns Hopkins University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrem Jha is one of the few experts on globalization from the developing world. 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The millions of dollars that are moved around the world every minute of day profoundly affect who gets to eat and who doesn’t; who has a job and who doesn’t; and who accumulates wealth and at whose expense. Influencing investment decisions requires an understanding of how investment works. Kavaljit Singh explains the central role of transnational corporations (TNCs) and other key players in determining investment patterns. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe debunks some of the myths surrounding investment flows, and he suggests ways in which investment can be brought back under the democratic control of people and governments. Kavaljit Singh maps out investment flows, trends and regulatory frameworks and shows where citizens can work — and are working — to reclaim investment for the public good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview:\u003cbr\u003e\"Change will not come about through individuals acting alone but in concert. By informing the public of the issues - and through identifying areas where policies and practices can and should be changed - this book will greatly increase the effectiveness of such collective action.\"\u003cbr\u003e   - Saskia Ozinga, FERN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcronyms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eData Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Defining International Investments\u003cbr\u003e2. Recent Trends in International Investment Flows\u003cbr\u003e3. Are International Investment Flows Beneficial?\u003cbr\u003e4. The Regulatory Framework\u003cbr\u003e5. The Governance of International Investments: \u003cbr\u003e    A Historical Perspective\u003cbr\u003e6. International Investment Frameworks: \u003cbr\u003e    A Fragmented Landscape\u003cbr\u003e7. Regulating Investments: Voluntary or \u003cbr\u003e    Mandatory Approaches?\u003cbr\u003e8. Strategizing Campaigns\u003cbr\u003e9. 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Owing to Swami Vivekananda's many talents, his genius left its mark in many places.  Though he himself steered clear of politics, his thoughts on the subject have again and again been discussed and considered with great care.  Likewise., though he himself was not an am economist, his stray thoughts on the subject have been studied and examined by scholars.  He was, in fact, a notable thinker on the subject in nineteenth-century India.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe question of economic development has assumed tremendous importance in the discussions on modern international relations.  Established economic policies are yielding place to new types of economic reforms particularly after the dismemberment of the socialist world.  From the 1990s the long-favored economic patterns in India started to change and we are still uncertain about the outcome of the new economic policies adopted by the government.  We are experiencing a period of transition in India and that is probably why the doctrine propounded by Swami Vivekananda in the nineteenth century has acquired a new importance at this juncture.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe main focus of the present dissertation is on the economic ideas of Vivekananda and the formulation of the Vivekananda doctrine as the culmination of his teaching has been sought to be studied in all its aspect.  In the following discourse, we have tried to analyse the economic problems which have been recently faced by India in particular and developing countries in general.  We have tried to re-evaluate the economic ideas of Swami Vivekananda because in our opinion his concepts have tried to offer remedies for many of the economic problems which India and other less developed countries are facing of late.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe believe it will be pertinent to discuss the economic ideas of Swamiji from a scientific angle, if we wish to analyse the economic problems which our country if faced with in the new millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublisher's Note\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ONE\u003cbr\u003eNineteenth Century Background and the Issues which shaped the Economic Ideas of Swami Vivekananda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWO\u003cbr\u003eSwami Vivekananda's Views on the Role of Agriculture in India's Socio-Economic Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER THREE\u003cbr\u003eSwami Vivekananda's Ideas on India's Industrialization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FOUR\u003cbr\u003eSwami Viveknanda's Views on the Importance of Poverty Eradication Programmes in India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FIVE\u003cbr\u003eSwamiji's Percepts on the Issues of Social Justice and Economic Equality in India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SIX\u003cbr\u003eThe Basic Socio-Economic Objectives of the Vivekananda Doctrine and Its Relevance in the Modern Age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN\u003cbr\u003eConcluding Observations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Sarup Prasad Ghosh \/ Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776536948905,"sku":"24116","price":40.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/24116_33224208-2644-4141-86c3-01116a87f5aa.jpg?v=1625570435"},{"product_id":"24414-asian-business-customs-manners","title":"Asian Business Customs \u0026 Manners","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Mary Murray Bosrock\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Editors(s): Megan McGinnis\/Catherine A H Walker\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Macmillan\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2008\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0230635210\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, here is a guide that covers all the dos and don'ts of business etiquette in Asia.  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Mary Bosrock provides a helpful guide to understanding Asia.\u003cbr\u003e- Walter F Mondale, former Vice President of the United States\u003cbr\u003e and Ambassador to Japan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsia is the center point of incredible opportunity for almost any business, yet it also comprises the greatest risk and challenge to reap this potential.  Mary Bosrock provides wonderful insight into this unique part of the world to help maximize our potential.\u003cbr\u003e- Charles W Mooty, President \u0026amp; CEO, Dairy Queen International\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Protocol School of Washington and our graduates rely heavily on Mary's expertise and research.  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I recommend it to anyone planning to do business in Europe.\u003cbr\u003e- Keith Reinhard, Chairman, DDB Worldwide, and President, Business for Diplomatic Action\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEuropean Business Customs and Manners is a must read for anyone planning to do business in Europe or with Europeans.\u003cbr\u003e- Dorothea Johnson, Founder and Chair, The Protocol School of Washington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Bosrock's book is an essential tool for anyone entering the international market.  It helps us understand that knowing and respecting the uniqueness of customers, clients and employees is crucial to success.\u003cbr\u003e- John Dasburg, Chairman, CEO and President ASTAR Air Cargo\u003cbr\u003eFormer CEO of Northwest Airlines and of Burger King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI highly recommend Mary Bosrock's book.  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But reforms have still remained at the center of economic debates. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This volume carries an incisive discussion of the beginnings of the current reforms under Mrs. Indira Gandhi, an examination of the requirements for sustaining the reforms, and a new approach to planning in the post-reforms Indian economy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The world of a contemporary Indian economist consists of not only reforms, but also equity which has been the principal concern of all development policies and the IMF, which has emerged as the principal international institution, facilitating and shaping the course of reforms on the global scale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Arjun Sengupta \/ Har-Anand \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776718057641,"sku":"8008","price":36.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/8008_6bbf7767-832d-4b39-ae70-e1420b285214.jpg?v=1625571887"},{"product_id":"9991-the-politics-of-cultural-practice-thinking-through-theatre-in-an-age-of-globalization","title":"The Politics of Cultural Practice - Thinking through Theatre in an Age of Globalization","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Rustom Bharucha\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2000\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 258\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 978-0-19-566621-2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis engrossing and vibrant critique of globalization is essential reading for specialists in cultural and performance studies, gender and minority issues. It is equally valuable for non-specialists interested in knowing more about the impact of globalization on the actual practice of culture today, and ways of resisting it at grass-root levels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Politics of Cultural Practice defies the homogenizing and anti-democratic tendencies of globalization. Drawing on the secular struggle of contemporary India, Bharucha casts his analytical gaze far and wide to include a spectrum of cultural forms ranging from the folk tradition of Chhau to an impersonation of Michael Jackson in Manipur, from Deepa Mehta’s Fire to the Politics of Cultural Practice defies the homogenizing and anti-democratic tendencies of globalization. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the secular struggle of contemporary India, Bharucha casts his analytical gaze far and wide to include a spectrum of cultural forms ranging from the folk tradition of Chhau to an impersonation of Michael Jackson in Manipur, from Deepa Mehta’s Fire to the Miss World Beauty Pageant. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntersecting the global with the local, he calls attention to the marking of minorities in India on the basis of religion, caste, language, gender, and sexuality, against a global backdrop of multicultural politics, racism, cultural tourism, and intellectual property rights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the state of culture in an age of globalization? Is equitable intercultural exchange possible? Who determines the modes and routes of this exchange and at whose expense? Can community and place survive the anonymity of the market and the patriarchy of the State? How can the seemingly marginal practice of theatre oppose the monopoly of the media?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR THE BOOK: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn approach which is objective without being impersonal, which hopes to record what is going on without shedding a normative orientation, has now become a hallmark of Rustom Bharucha’s very refreshing and stimulating enquiries into the troubling but inescapable issues of our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Rajeev Bhargava, Associate Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and editor of Multiculturalism, Liberalism and Democracy (OUP)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Politics of Cultural Practice is an exhilarating exploration of the peculiarities of Indian culture by one of India’s most profound and insightful cultural commentators. 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His innovative analysis of the rise of ethnicity and fundamentalism as consequences of the failure of the ruling classes in the South to alter the unequal terms of globalization is particularly compelling, as is his deconstruction of the Bretton woods institutions-notably the IMF and the World Bank-As managerial mechanisms protecting the profitability of capital. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking to the longer term, Amin rejects a passive acceptance of the inevitability of globalization in its present polarizing form, or the simple-minded equation of development with expansion of the market. 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Drawing on insights from the fields of international relations and comparative politics, the author provides a new interpretation of the motives for economic policy reform and the constraints on these efforts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaldev Raj Nayar takes a broader, more encompassing, view of reform than that of the economist.  He maintains that while globalization has led to a wider role for markets and a greater openness of the economy and hence, a shrinking role for the state, the state has certainly not been rendered helpless in the process.  It remains the principal actor in determining the nature, scope pace and sequencing of economic policy reform.  The study thus treats globalization less an end-stage and more as a process in which the international economy becomes more closely integrated with domestic economic agents increasingly oriented to the global market, even as the state continues to remain central to national economic development\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book pays particular attention to the external requirements of national security and economic autonomy, and the internal need for legitimacy in the context of the social and political compulsions of a representative democracy.  As such, state, society and the international system constitute the basic explanatory framework of this book. The author demonstrates how each of these variables was more or less important in the various efforts over time to introduce economic policy reforms.  He concludes that the unfinished agenda for reform in India is vast.  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Globalization, Nationalism and Economic Reform: The Fundamental Issues\u003cbr\u003e2.   Planning for Autarky and State Hegemony: Nationalist Development Strategy \u003cbr\u003e       under Nehru\u003cbr\u003e3.   Between Mercantilist Socialism and Liberalism: The Changing Fortunes of the \u003cbr\u003e      Nehru-Mahalanobis Strategy, 1956-90\u003cbr\u003e4.   Changing the Balance, 1991-96: Political Structure and Economic Reforms\u003cbr\u003e5.   Business and Economic Reforms\u003cbr\u003e6.   The United Front and Economic Reforms, 1996-98: Policy and Performance  \u003cbr\u003e       under Democratic Coalitions\u003cbr\u003e7.   The Limits of Economic Nationalism: Economic Reforms under the BJP-led \u003cbr\u003e      Government, 1998-99\u003cbr\u003e8.   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