Globalisation and the Changing Role of the State : Issues and Impacts

Is globalisation a force for economic growth, prosperity and democratic freedom? Or is it a force for the exploitation of the developing world and suppression of human rights? Globalisation has opened up unparalleled new opportunities for economic and social development. But at the same time it has posed major threats to human security and human freedom. What this book addresses is this complexity of globalisation, its issues and impacts and lastly its relation with state and political power. In the four sections, sixteen articles and an introduction, the myriad faces of globalisation are explored and investigated. The first section look, at globalisation and its impact on the nation-state and the issues of sovereignty. It also examines the globalisation ideology/political economy interface and the resultant impacts, issues and transformations in the society, economy and political processes. The second section looks at the evolving idea of a New World Order, issues of nuclearisation, global conflict and co-operation, besides the impacts of globalism on cultures and identities. The third section explores the impact of globalisation on human rights theory and practice, and the impact of international global covenants on human rights implementation in India. The last section is India-specific, wherein globalisation and its impact on centre-state relations, democracy and development, public administration and civil society interrelationships are discussed separately.

Rumki Basu is a professor of public administration and currently the chairperson of the department of political science, Jamia Millia Islamia. She has published 25 articles in leading national and international journals and is the author of six books, including Public Administration: Concepts and Theories and The United Nations: Structure & Functions of an International Organization.

Introduction; Globalisation and the State: A Contested Terrain; Globalisation and Changing Role of the Nation-State; Globalisation and Islamism: Rethinking Some Reigning Paradigms; Globalisation: Towards a New Perspective on Political Economy; Globalisation and Good Governance: Redefining the State Precincts; Globalisation and the New World Order/Area Studies; Globalised Trend Towards Nuclear Proliferation: A Case Study of India and Pakistan as Glocalisation; Conflict and Development in the Age of Globalisation: A Case of Rwanda; Implementing International Human Rights Standards in a Globalising World; Human Rights Discourse in a Globalised World: Mumbai Metropolis; The Impact of Globalisation on Human Rights: A Case of India; Human Rights Education in the Age of Globalisation: Role of UGC; Power Sharing in the Federal Project in Post Globalised India: Governance and Fiscal Reforms; Democracy and Development: The Indian Experience; Public Administration in the Age of Globalisation: An Alternative Paradigm; Role of Non-governmental Organisations in Public Policy in the Era of Globalisation.