Globalization, Economy and Society

Societies all over the world are experiencing the globalization of more and more aspects of life, but accompanied by the contradictions of growing inequality within and between countries. The debate on merits of globalization continues, with one side argument that it raises living standards and the others that it worsens poverty and inequality. Certainly, economic globalization has led to increased wealth for many in some countries. But it also led to shattering economic crisis, collapse in standard of living, widespread societal and ethnic conflicts, social disintegration and greatly increased insecurity for disproportionately large part of the world population. Indian Society is not an exception. Under the impact of Globalisation, our Indian society is facing a complex pattern of contradictory change. The social, political and cultural life is diversely influenced by it. Even our ecology is getting influenced by the pressure of globalization process. There is no uniform consensus among the scholars about the impact of globalization on Indian society. This book analysis the trends towards globalization and focuses on the issues of education, culture and sustainability as influenced by the process of globalization. This book covers the articles and research papers written by the scholars on the issues of socio-economic concerns and sustainability in India that have affected due to Liberalisation and Globalisation.