Globalization and Decentralised Development
Contents: Foreword. I. Theories and philosophy of globalisation and decentralised development: 1. Globalization and decentralised development: bringing back the nation-state/D. Narasimha Reddy. 2. Decentralization and globalization: Gandhian approach/Ram Binod Singh. 3. Globalization and decentralized development: a synthesis/Sukumar Basu. 4. Globalization and decentralized development: a macro analysis/J. Lenka. 5. Globalization and its trends in Indian economy/S.K. Dhage. 6. Indian globalization: A SWOT analysis/R. Meera, V. Radja Ramane and C. Rajendran. 7. Conflicts and Dilemmas of decentralisation in India/A. Meenakshisundararajan. 8. Globalization and Indian economy--impact and evaluation/P.N. Rao. 9. Decentralised development experience: a post-reform perspective/Debasis Chakraborty and Arup Guha. II. Sectoral, region-specific and goods-specific issues of globalization: 10. Rural non-farm activities as an alternative path towards economic development/Suchismita Mondal and Pinaki Chakraborti. 11. Globalization: a myth of the Indian States/Md. Abdus Salam. 12. Border trade with Bangladesh: opportunities for economic development in Assam/Saundarjya Borbora and Ratul Mahanta. 13. Impact of globalization on expert performance of manufactured goods in India/R. Annapoorani and K. Nirmaladevi. 14. Local area development for export promotion under globalization--a state level study/Paramjit Nanda and P.S. Raikhy. 15. Globalization and exports/K. Sai Haragopal. 16. The impact of globalization on India's sea food exports/S. Perumalasamy and P. Krishna Thulasimani. 17. Utilization of labour in Maharashtra with reference to backward areas/U.B. Kondewar. 18. Globalization and labour utilization in India/Kapildeo Singh. 19. Globalization and labour utilization in rural India: an inter-state analysis/P.K. Pal. 20. Impact of globalization on India's export performance/Pardeep Kumar. 21. Globalization and consumption pattern: the Indian perspective/S. Chinnammai. 22. Transport sector pricing: a model/Kanaga Sabesan Nagarajan. 23. Drugs and pharmaceutical industry in India in the era of globalization/Inderpal Kaur. 24. A study on the trends and growth of India's exports and imports/V.S. Ganesamurthy and K. Mariappan. 25. Local developments and exports in India/Uday Kumar Lal Das. 26. Prospects of agro-processed food exports under globalization/V.P. Tripathi, V. Prakash and Arun Bhadauria. 27. Implications of intellectual property rights for Indian pharmaceutical industry: revision of balance between Patent Rights and public interest/B.P. Chandramohan. 28. Global economic integration: a case study of Euro and its implications to India/Gajavelli V. Swamy. 29. Liberalization of agricultural trade--what it holds for India?/A.R. Veeramani and K. Ramesh. 30. WTO and Indian agricultural development: a case study of Punjab/Davinder Kumar Madaan. 31. Impact of globalization on labour utilization in India/S. Vijayalakshmi. III. Globalization and social welfare: 32. Socio-economic consequences of economic reforms in India/A.P. Pandey. 33. Globalization and decentralized development: a feminist perspective/S.K. Mishra and I.D. Singh. 34. Economic reforms and food security for the poor/Anil Kumar Choudhary. 35. People's planning programme and social revolution in Kerala/L. Rathakrishnan and N. Krishnakumar. 36. Social sector, social security and the underprivileged class/S.K. Pant. 37. Welfare of disabled persons/S.P. Saha, V.S. Paswan and Supriya. 38. Globalization and inequality: the role of foreign trade and investment: a note/Nivedita Chaturvedi. Index.
"Globalization and decentralised development is an edited volume prepared out of the selected papers contributed to one of technical sessions of the Tiruvananthapur Conference of the Indian Economic Association. The 38 papers included in this volume are distributed over 3 sections.
In this era of sweeping globalization, this book highlights an altogether different dimension, viz. decentralised development in this context. Researchers, policy-makers, academicians and interested general readers will find the contents rich in information and both light and fruit bearing." (jacket)
