GLOBALIZATION AND ENVIRONMENT: Discourse, Policies and Practices

The inordinate process of globalization has seen an intense movement of the world on social, cultural, economic, political and ecological fronts leading to integration, unification, homogenization and transformation of society and environment at the global level. Due to its enduring and manifold impacts, scholars are having varied perceptions about the nature, magnitude, discourse, policies and practices associated with globalization. It is an important issue of concern whether to consider it benign and a blessing or a curse for mankind. Nevertheless, the way globalization process has operated during the last couple of decades, it has become clear that it is an evolving reality. Its contours have changed significantly in due course of its evolution and diffusion at global level. Keeping above perspectives as the backdrop, through the edited volume, the effort is to debunk the enigma associated with the process of globalization, and to understand comprehensively the inter-linkages between globalization, environment and society by taking into consideration, the strands of ‘emerging discourse’, ‘ecological dimension’, ‘social dimension’ and ‘economic dimension’. Each strand of thought, mentioned above, is an attempt to shed light on one major area of debate evolved at the global level due to advent of globalization, taking into account the viewpoints of the eminent scholars.

Contents
1. Introduction / Manish K. Verma
2 Dilemma of Globalization / Saket Bihari
3 The World Beyond State and Market / Pampa Mukherjee
4 Socio-economic Dimensions of Globalization in India / Rashi Krishna Sinha
5 From the Silent Spring to the Globalization of the Environmental Movement / Habibul Haque Khondker
6 A Review of the Climate Change Debate, its Causes and Necessary Action in the Context of Developed and Developing Countries / Chamira Gamage
7 India’s Climate Policy and Barriers to Low-Carbon Inclusive Growth / Venkatesh Dutta
8 Developmentality, Multimedia Technologies and Growing Ecological Concerns in Global Era / Ashish Saxena and Vijaylaxmi Saxena
9 Perils of a Fragile Planet / Tapan R. Mohanty
10 Impact of Globalization on Women / Shweta Prasad
11 Understanding Gender, Water and Development / Arvinder A. Ansari
12 Development-Induced Displacement / Manish K. Verma
13 Changing Experience of Dalit Youth in Contemporary India / Antara Ray and Ramanuj Ganguly
14 Industrial Policy Reforms Since 1991 / Siddhartha Mukerji
15 New Capitalism and Violence / Manisha Tripathy Pandey
16 Does Excess Manpower Continue to be a Liability for India? Some Introspections in the Context of Globalization / Biswajit Ghosh
17 Participatory Approach in Management of Natural Resources / Sanatan Nayak
18 Global Growth and Persistence of Poverty / N.M.P. Verma