Retreat of Democracy and Other Itinerant Essays on Globalization, Economics, and India.

By: Basu, KaushikMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Anthem Politics and International RelationsPublisher: London : Anthem Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (290 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781843318873Subject(s): Globalization -- Economic aspects -- India | Globalization -- Economic aspects | Globalization -- Political aspects -- India | Globalization -- Political aspects | India -- Economic policy -- 1991-Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Retreat of Democracy and Other Itinerant Essays on Globalization, Economics, and IndiaDDC classification: 338.954 LOC classification: HC435.3 -- .B37 2010ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Front Matter -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Main Body -- Introduction -- Part I. Democracy and Globalization -- 1. Ele Bele: The Subversion of Democracy -- 2. The Retreat of Global Democracy -- 3. Child Labour and International Labour Standards -- 4. International Labour Standards: A View from the Tropics -- 5. Labour vs. Labour: The Politics of Business Outsourcing -- 6. The Politics of Economics -- 7. Groucho Marx and Global Currency Flows -- 8. From Cowries to the Euro: Towards a One-Currency World -- 9. The WTO and North-South Bargains -- 10. Globalization and the Politics of International Finance: The Stiglitz Verdict -- References -- Part II. India and the World -- 11. Jakotra Village, Santalpur Taluka: Debating Globalization -- 12. India at Fifty and the Road Ahead -- 13. The Indian Economy: Take-Off and Strategic Policy Issues -- 14. Has Poverty Declined in India? -- 15. Infant Mortality and the Anti-Female Bias -- 16. Labour Laws and the Role of Contracts -- 17. The Reform of Small Things -- 18. Is India's e-Economy for Real? -- 19. India's Trade Policy and the WTO -- 20. The Coming Textile Turmoil -- Part III. Social Norms and Political Economy -- 21. Social Norms, Law, and Economics -- Bibliography -- 22. Methodological Individualism in the Social Sciences -- References -- 23. Left Politics and Modern Economics -- 24. Hung Parliament: A Voting Scheme for Prveenting It -- 25. Money, Music and Harmony -- 26. Rules of Engagement -- 27. The Enigma of Advertising -- 28. The Truth About Lying -- 29. Rationality: New Research in Psychology and Economics -- 30. Higher and Lower Education -- Part IV. Persons -- 31. Amartya Sen -- 32. John Nash: Paranoid, Schizophrenic, Nobel Laureate -- 33. Nobel for Market Failures: Akerlof, Spence and Stiglitz -- 34. Nietzsche Century -- Part V. On the Road, Around the World.
35. Notarizing in Delhi -- 36. Traveller's Bihar -- 37. Tango of Two Currencies: Buenos Aires -- 38. A Vietnam Diary -- 39. South Africa: Zebra Country -- 40. North Meets South: In and Around Bangalore -- 41. Muito Obrigado, Portugal -- 42. Queueing in Kolkata and Delhi -- 43. Viewing Bengal from Bankura -- 44. Loitering in Lahore -- 45. Thinking about Currencies in Kathmandu -- End Matter -- Index.
Summary: 'The Retreat of Democracy' presents an expanded and reworked selection of Basu's best journalistic writings on political and economic themes since the late 1990s.
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Front Matter -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Main Body -- Introduction -- Part I. Democracy and Globalization -- 1. Ele Bele: The Subversion of Democracy -- 2. The Retreat of Global Democracy -- 3. Child Labour and International Labour Standards -- 4. International Labour Standards: A View from the Tropics -- 5. Labour vs. Labour: The Politics of Business Outsourcing -- 6. The Politics of Economics -- 7. Groucho Marx and Global Currency Flows -- 8. From Cowries to the Euro: Towards a One-Currency World -- 9. The WTO and North-South Bargains -- 10. Globalization and the Politics of International Finance: The Stiglitz Verdict -- References -- Part II. India and the World -- 11. Jakotra Village, Santalpur Taluka: Debating Globalization -- 12. India at Fifty and the Road Ahead -- 13. The Indian Economy: Take-Off and Strategic Policy Issues -- 14. Has Poverty Declined in India? -- 15. Infant Mortality and the Anti-Female Bias -- 16. Labour Laws and the Role of Contracts -- 17. The Reform of Small Things -- 18. Is India's e-Economy for Real? -- 19. India's Trade Policy and the WTO -- 20. The Coming Textile Turmoil -- Part III. Social Norms and Political Economy -- 21. Social Norms, Law, and Economics -- Bibliography -- 22. Methodological Individualism in the Social Sciences -- References -- 23. Left Politics and Modern Economics -- 24. Hung Parliament: A Voting Scheme for Prveenting It -- 25. Money, Music and Harmony -- 26. Rules of Engagement -- 27. The Enigma of Advertising -- 28. The Truth About Lying -- 29. Rationality: New Research in Psychology and Economics -- 30. Higher and Lower Education -- Part IV. Persons -- 31. Amartya Sen -- 32. John Nash: Paranoid, Schizophrenic, Nobel Laureate -- 33. Nobel for Market Failures: Akerlof, Spence and Stiglitz -- 34. Nietzsche Century -- Part V. On the Road, Around the World.

35. Notarizing in Delhi -- 36. Traveller's Bihar -- 37. Tango of Two Currencies: Buenos Aires -- 38. A Vietnam Diary -- 39. South Africa: Zebra Country -- 40. North Meets South: In and Around Bangalore -- 41. Muito Obrigado, Portugal -- 42. Queueing in Kolkata and Delhi -- 43. Viewing Bengal from Bankura -- 44. Loitering in Lahore -- 45. Thinking about Currencies in Kathmandu -- End Matter -- Index.

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