EMERGING CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Emerging global market economy created by finance capital and technological revolution accelerated economic growth process followed by economic and financial crisis in various countries the world over. The development process has led to widening of interregional and interpersonal socio-economic disparities and marginalization, also threatening environmental sustainability of the growth process. Fast changes in the political and social institutions which accompanied the growth trajectory led to emergence of new challenges of political representation and social relations in terms of gender and culture with shifting power relations. This collection of papers provides new insights into methodological innovations required to grapple with emerging socio-economic issues in the era of globalization. Selected papers have been grouped into eight thematic sections with porous boundaries in an interdisciplinary framework. It is expected that issues raised and methodological innovations will help young researchers comprehend much needed new art of doing research on issues emerging in the society. It will be immensely useful to the policy makers in decision making. CONTRIBUTORS Amit Bhaduri B.N. Prasad Bhavya Maheshwari Gangotri Mishra Virendra B. Shahare Khushbu Rani Gupta Binay Kumar Pathak Nivedita Sarkar Devesh Vijay Archana Pandey Rukmani Pragya Pandey Sujeet Kumar Sumit Kumar Akram Hannan Hemant Kumar Varshney Anuneeta Mitra Amardeep Kumar Shraddha Srivastava Swadhin Mondal Diksha Jha Sandeep Bhatt Karabi Chetia Ranjana Upadhyay Sunita Sangar