Globalization, State and Governance

Contents : Introduction . 1. Globalisation and the State in India/Neera Chandhoke. 2. India and Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) States/A.K. Pasha. 3. Quest for a Land of Their ‘Own’ in Kashmir: The Autonomy Argument/Ashutosh Kumar. 4. Globalization, Democratic Decentralization and Inclusive Growth/S.N. Sangita.5. Right to Information: A Paid Right in Neo-liberal Politics/Biju B.L. 6. Globalization to Global Governance/B. Ramesh Babu. 7. Civil Society and Public Policy/V. Anil Kumar. 8. Globalization and Swadeshi/D. Jeevan Kumar. 9. Globalisation and Islamic Fundamentalism/K.M. Sajad Ibrahim. 10. Human Trafficking and Human Security/M.J. Vinod. 11. Conflict and Resistance under Globalization/Mohanan B. Pillai and P.M. Joshy. 12. Bridging the Digital Divide and Right to Development/Josukutty C.A. 13. Sri Lankan Ethnic Crisis/G.D.R.U.U. Abeyrathne and S.Y. Surendra Kumar. 14. Technology and Public Governance/Ashalekshmi B.S. 15. Governance and Social Empowerment/Devi Parvathy. 16. Indo-Myanmar Relations: Assessing the China Factor/Veena R.  Index.

Globalization is understood, theorised and defined in diverse ways. For the mainstream theorists of the west, globalization marked the triumph of capitalism and a market economy. For the critiques of this argument, globalization facilitated a worldwide expansion of capital by breaking the legal-political barriers put up by the nation states. For some it ensued the universalisation of consumerism through transnational ruling elites. For network society theorists, the engine of globalization is the ever-expanding information and communication revolution.

Governance being essentially ambiguous connotes different things to different people. The governance paradigm, that appeared in the early 1990s is not exclusively a market-based one but a mélange of experimentations like new public management, regulatory governance, network governance, participatory governance, good governance, multi-level governance and global governance.

The relationship between state and governance is very complex in modern times. As a political institution-with monopoly over the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory-the power of state was unique and unchallenged for long. The state in the neo-liberal times has been hollowed out on account of its shrinking leverage.

The present volume contains 16 well-researched scholarly essays which provide deep insights into the emerging political order in the world.