THE POLITICS AND CULTURE OF GLOBALIZATION

India and Australia
Edited by Hans Löfgren and Prakash Sarangi

358 pages 215x140 mm Hardback
Tentative price Rs 625
ISBN 978-81-87358-22-0
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, BUSINESS STUDIES, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, CULTURE STUDIES

Pub Date January 2009

‘An important contribution to the critical discourse on globalisation it is a unique Indo-Australian intellectual endeavour grappling incisively with deeper issues of philosophy and policy in the contemporary world.’

Manoranjan Mohanty,Council for Social Development, New Delhi

‘With its cogent analysis and lucid style, this volume is a valuable addition to critical readings on globalisation…The focus on process – governance, institutions, and area studies – is an added strength... With its analytical depth and empirical stretch, it will be a valuable addition to this important field.’
Subrata K Mitra,
University of Heidelberg, Germany‘It will be a very useful volume for all the graduate students who are trying to understand [the] complex and multi faceted nature of the phenomenon of globalisation.’Rajen Harshe,
Vice Chancellor, University of Allahabad

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WE EXPERIENCE the culture of globalisation every time we visit a Tandoori restaurant in Chicago, or a Pizza Hut in Hyderabad, or as we watch Bollywood films in Australia. Globalisation is a label used for a wide range of political, social and cultural phenomena, many of which are explored in this volume.

The Politics and Culture of Globalisation: India and Australia brings together Indian and Australian experts in the fields of political science, international relations, philosophy, cultural theory and political economy. Its timeliness and unifying theme derive from comparisons between Indian and Australian perspectives, and analyses by Australian writers on developments in India. Indian-Australian relations are explored in several chapters.

The neo-liberal form of globalisation is a key focus of critique in this volume. Several chapters examine the search for alternative forms of governance as the nation-state undergoes profound change due to global interconnectedness.
Hans Löfgren is Director of the Master of Politics and Policy Program at Deakin University, Australia. He has published extensively on the politics and economics of pharmaceuticals, for example in New Political Science (2007), Australia and New Zealand Health Policy (2007) and Social Science & Medicine (2004).

Prakash Sarangi is Professor of Political Science at the University of Hyderabad. His publications include Liberal Theories of State: Contemporary Perspectives (1996) and Political Exchange and Public Policy: A Cross-National Analysis (1990).

ContentsIntroduction: Dynamics and Dilemmas of Globalisation – Hans Löfgren and Prakash Sarangi

Section I Making sense of globalisationJustice, Globalisation and Diverse Conceptual Worlds – Michael Leahy
Ontology of Permanence and Change: A Critique of Globalisation – A. RaghuramarajuNeo-liberal Hyperglobalism in Australian Political Thought – Geoffrey StokesHyperglobalisation’s Casualty: The Numerical Small – Purushottama Bilimoria
Section II Governance and globalisationGlobalization and Indian Federalism: Re-assertion of States’ Rights – Harihar BhattacharyyaChallenges of Globalisation in Urban Local Governance – Sudha Mohan
Understanding Community Governance and Rural Regeneration in a Globalised World – Kevin O’Toole
Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals in South India: ‘Sun-rise’ Industrialisation or Global Cost-shifting of Dirty Goods Manufacturing – G.VijayIndia’s Drug Multinationals: Growth Strategies and Global Industry Dynamics – Hans Löfgren

Section III Experiencing globalisation

‘The Good Australians’: Anglo-Indians, Multiculturalism and Cosmopolitanism – Glenn D’Cruz
Cosmopolitanism and Tolerance – Stan van Hooft
Late Marxism and Parliamentary Government: Indian Communism Today – Geoff Robinson
Section IV Globalisation, Foreign Relations and SecurityIndo-Australian Relations in the Post-Cold War Period – Y. Yagama Reddy and Ken BoutinIndo-Australian Relations: Beyond Indifference – Gary SmithTerror, Power and Protest – Andrew Vandenberg

Globalisation, ‘Glocalisation’ and South Asian Insecurity – B. Ramesh Babu