Globalization and Society

Paper Code: 
SOC 424 (a)
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This paper aims to delineate the characteristics of and the issues relating to globalization. After an introduction to the nature and dynamics of globalization, it explains the various agencies involved in this process, examines its socio-economic and cultural impact. It finally examines the Indian experience of globalization and reflects on its problems and prospects.

12.00
Unit I: 
  • Meaning and distinctive features of Globalization
  • Forms of Globalization: Social, Economic, Political and Cultural
  • Benefits and Disadvantages of Globalization
12.00
Unit II: 
  • Agencies of Globalization: Nation-state, Media, Non-governmental Organizations, International agencies ( IMF & World Bank)
12.00
  • Diffusion and Projection of American value system and cultural patterns through media
  • Cultural homogenization, hegemony and dominance
  • Globalization and resurgence of ethnic consciousness (Religious movements and religious fundamentalism)

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
  • Globalization and the Indian experience: Socio-cultural consequences of Globalization
  • The Indian Diaspora: Meaning, Emerging trends in Indian Diaspora, Contribution of the Diaspora to the Homeland
12.00
Unit V: 
  • Tradition, Modernity and the New Indian Middle Class
References: 
  • Appudarai, Arjun, 1997: Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions Of Globalization, New: OUP
  • Drezem, Jean and Amartya Sen, 1996: Indian Economic Development and Social Opportunity, Delhi: OUP
  • Hoogvelt, Ankie, 1995: Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World, Princeton: Princeton University Press
  • Kiely, Ray & Phil Marfleet (eds.), 1988: Globalization and the Third World, London: Routledge
  • Waters, Malcolm, 1996: Globalization, London: Sage
  • Hoogvelt, Ankie, 1998: The Sociology of Development, London: Macmillan
  • Singh, Yogendra, 2000: Culture Change in India: Identity and Globalization, Jaipur: Rawat
  • Lamb Sarah, 2014; Ageing and the Indian Diaspora, New Delhi: Orient Blackswan
  • N. Jayaram, Atal Yogesh, 2004: Indian Diaspora: Dynamics of Migration, New Delhi: Sage Publications
  • Paramjeet.S.Judge, Sharma S.L, Sharma Satish, Bal Gurpreet:2010, Development, Gender and Diaspora: Context of Globalization, Jaipur: Rawat Publications
  • N.Jayaram: 2012, Diversities in Indian Diaspora: Nature, Implications, Responses, new Delhi; Oxford University Press

 

 

 

 

Academic Session: 
2017-18
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