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Background to Globalisation
by Avinash Jha
Price: Rs. 150/-  US $10 outside India   Pages: 180   Paperback   Print 2000 Reprint 2001

Also available in Hindi.

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Globalisation has intensified the domination of societies by considerations of economy and state power.   This book traces this trend from the beginnings of modern world and documents the emergence of the U.S.-led global system after the second world war.  The most visible aspects of globalisation today are the explosion of the financial markets and the so-called information revolution.


 

 

 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Globalisation, Markets and Changing lives

Chapter II: Origins of the modern global Economy in Europe

Chapter III: Philosophies of Progress

Chapter IV: The Rise of the U S Led Global Economy

Chapter V : The Crises in the world Economy and the Emergence of Globalisation

Chapter VI: The Globalised World


Films

Rajni Bakshi on Social Business


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Singing out of time

PAL, 26.22mins, Telugu with English subtitles.

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Highlights of the People's Tribunal on livelihoods and Climate Change (South India), 22 October 2010.


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“I am the Drum” starts with the sudden floods in   North Karnataka which is a semi-arid region, and    the understanding of the people in terms of its  causes and unpredictability of weather...


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Veerabagupathy  : A Community in Transition
Duration [English, 28 minutes]

A film showcases tsunami affected Veerabagupathy village in Kanyakumari District.


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Inayand Seyal Peduttal  ("Net-working" Together )
Duration [TAMIL, 38 mins 7 secs, PAL-VCD-Colour]

This film tries to address few such concerns related to reconstruction of livelihoods of the...


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Interviews

 "Livelihood restoration of the fishing community after tsunami "
An interview with Fr. Thomas Kocherry

 

 (Interviewed by Priya C Nair and Shruti Kulkarni  in Thiruvananthapuram, 27 April 2006 )

 

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Livelihood restoration after tsunami and the market economy

An interview with V Vivekanandan, South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies(SIFFS)

 

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Interview with R L Kumar, a philosopher, an architect with passion for the earth
Kumar reflects on his attempt to build houses differently. On a journey with Kumar where he explains how it all started-
    * The birth of Center for Vernacular Architecture
    * Housing Rights and Policies
    * Mainstream Architecture and Vernacular Architecture
    * On why he objects his style of architecture being called unconventional
    * On projects undertaken by CIEDS
    * Anecdote

 

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Interview with MR. Bablu Ganguly

 

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Interview with Dr R T Doshi
Dr R.T. Doshi experimented with an innovative package of workable farming practices  that enables city dwellers to grow their own food on every available square inch of urban space, including terraces and balconies. Dr Doshi narrates his interesting journey into growing vegetables and fruits in the “Doshiâ€� way.


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Climate Education Series

 

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