Contents

pp vii-x

Introduction

pp 1-8

PART I - DEMOCRACY AND GLOBALIZATION

pp 9-10

1 - Elé Belé: The Subversion of Democracy

pp 11-14

2 - The Retreat of Global Democracy

pp 15-20

3 - Child Labour and International Labour Standards

pp 21-30

4 - International Labour Standards: A View from the Tropics

pp 31-35

5 - Labour vs. Labour: The Politics of Business Outsourcing

pp 36-41

6 - The Politics of Economics

pp 42-45

7 - Groucho Marx and Global Currency Flows

pp 46-48

8 - From Cowries to the Euro: Towards a One-Currency World

pp 49-51

9 - The WTO and North–South Bargains

pp 52-55

10 - Globalization and the Politics of International Finance: The Stiglitz Verdict

pp 56-82

PART II - INDIA AND THE WORLD

pp 83-84

11 - Jakotra Village, Santalpur Taluka: Debating Globalization

pp 85-96

12 - India at Fifty and the Road Ahead

pp 97-104

13 - The Indian Economy: Take-off and Strategic Policy Issues

pp 105-113

14 - Has Poverty Declined in India?

pp 114-117

15 - Infant Mortality and the Anti-Female Bias

pp 118-121

16 - Labour Laws and the Role of Contracts

pp 122-133

17 - The Reform of Small Things

pp 134-139

18 - Is India's e-Economy for Real?

pp 140-143

19 - India's Trade Policy and the WTO

pp 144-146

20 - The Coming Textile Turmoil

pp 147-150

PART III - SOCIAL NORMS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY

pp 151-152

21 - Social Norms, Law, and Economics

pp 153-167

22 - Methodological Individualism in the Social Sciences

pp 168-175

23 - Left Politics and Modern Economics

pp 176-178

24 - Hung Parliament: A Voting Scheme for Preventing It

pp 179-181