Development, Gender and Diaspora: Context of Globalisation

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The process of globalisation has been affecting the Indian society in various ways. Though it is primarily an economic phenomenon, its impact in other walks of life is being strongly felt and there seems no possibility of its disappearance. Taking the northwest region of India as the focus of analysis, this volume brings together sixteen contributions made by the scholars working in this area to focus on four issues, namely, identity formation, development, gender and the diaspora. Within the large perspective of each aspect that has been examined, various issues and controversies have been provided scholarly treatment. In the backdrop of the fact that globalisation is here to stay, the issue of how to handle it so as to benefit from its positive aspects is a normative one that requires certain policy measures. In the process, the political economy of development and the role of the state have remained the major focus of investigation. The transnationalisation of the Indians has gained recognition in the light of the recent announcement by the Prime Minister that the government was taking into consideration the issue of granting dual citizenship to diasporic Indians. The growth in the studies on the Indian diaspora has also lent credence to the view that diaspora communities are important components of the globalisation process.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gurpreet Bal

Gurpreet Bal is Reader, Department of Sociology at Guru Nanak Deve University, Amritsar. She has been working and publishing in the areas of development and social change, enterpreneurship, and women studies.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Paramjit S Judge

Paramjit S. Judge is Professor of Sociology at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar He was worked and published in the areas of social movements, Indian diaspora and politics of social development. Some of his writings are: Insurrection to Agitation: The Naxalite Movement in Punjab, Terrorism in Punjab: Understanding Grassroots Reality (co-authored) and Social and Political Movements (co-Edited).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.L. Sharma

S.L. Sharma has been Professor of Sociology at Panjab University, Chandigarh. He has made pioneering contributionis to the fields of modernisatioin, Indian diaspora, social development and natioinality question in South Asia.

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Title
Development, Gender and Diaspora: Context of Globalisation
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Edition
1st ed.
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8170338115
Length
x+302p., Tables; Notes; Appendices; Index; 23cm.
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