The Politics and Culture of Globalisation : India and Australia

"We experience the culture of globalisation every time we visit a Tandoori restaurant in Chicago, or a Pizza Hut in Hydiferabad, 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 diferive 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 undifergoes profound change due to global interconnectedness."--Provided by publisher Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction: Dynamics and Dilemmas of Globalisation -- Section 1: Making Sense of Globalisation -- Introduction -- 2. Justice, Globalisation and Diverse Conceptual Worlds -- 3. Ontology of Permanence and Change: A Critique of Globalisation -- 4. Neo-liberal Hyperglobalism in Australian Political Thought -- 5. The Numerical Small: Casualty of Hyperglobalisation -- Section 2: Governance and Globalisation -- Introduction -- 6. Globalisation and Indian Federalism: Re-assertion of States' Rights -- 7. Challenges of Globalisation in Urban Local Governance -- 8. Community Governance and Rural Regeneration in a Globalised World -- 9. Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals in South India: 'Sun Rise' Industrialisation or Global Cost-shifting of Dirty Goods Manufacturing -- 10. India's Drug Multinationals: Growth Strategies and Global Industry Dynamics -- Section 3: Experiencing Globalisation -- Introduction -- 11. 'The Good Australians': Anglo-Indians, Multiculturalism and Cosmopolitanism -- 12. Cosmopolitanism and Tolerance -- 13. Late Marxism and Parliamentary Government: Indian Communism Today -- Section 4: Globalisation, Foreign Relations and Security -- Introduction -- 14. Indo-Australian Relations in the Post-Cold War Period -- 15. Indo-Australian Relations: Beyond Indifference -- 16. Terror, Power and Protest -- 17. Globalisation, 'Glocalisation' and South Asian Insecurity -- List of Contributors -- Index