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Why people oppose globalisation and why resistance


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Government Brennen College

Thalassery

Kerala, India



My Books
1. Political Internet: State and Politics in the Age of Social Media,
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2. Intimate Speakers: Why Introverted and Socially Ostracized Citizens Use Social Media, (Fingerprint! 2017)
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Globalisation and Resistance Movements: Feminist, Environmentalist, Various Protest movements, Social Forums etc

Resistance to globalisation is multiple.
Anti-globalization Movement, Alter-globalisation, World Social Forum,
In The Will of the Many: How the Alter-globalisation Movement is Changing the Face of Democracy author Marianne Maeckelbergh argues that the most promising model for global democracy is not coming from traditional political parties or international institutions, but from the global networks of resistance to neoliberal economics, known collectively as the Alter-globalisation movement

Negative impacts

Globalization uses up finite resources more quickly
Globalization increases world carbon dioxide emissions
Globalization makes it virtually impossible for regulators in one country to foresee the worldwide implications of their actions
Globalization acts to increase world oil prices
Globalization transfers consumption of limited oil supply from developed countries to developing countries
Globalization transfers jobs from developed countries to less developed countries
Globalization transfers investment spending from developed countries to less developed countries.
With the dollar as the world’s reserve currency,
Globalization leads to huge US balance of trade deficits and other imbalances.
Globalization tends to move taxation away from corporations, and onto individual citizens.
Globalization sets up a currency “race to the bottom,” with each country trying to get an export advantage by dropping the value of its currency.
Globalization encourages dependence on other countries for essential goods and services
Globalization ties countries together, so that if one country collapses, the collapse is likely to ripple through the system, pulling many other countries with it.
Rising competition
Uncertain employment
Employment Disparity
Cultural Deterioration
Fast food chains like McDonalds and KFC are spreading fast in the developing world. People are consuming more junk food which has an adverse impact on their health. Apart from the health concerns, there is something else that globalization has been criticized for, and it is the accusation that it has opened floodgates for restaurants and eateries which are insensitive to the religious beliefs of the host nation. For example, a lawsuit had to be filed against McDonalds in India, after it was accused of serving beef in their burgers.
Rise in Health Risks
first-known case of AIDS came up in America,  Environmental degradation
Globalisation operates mostly in the interests of the richest countries, which continue to dominate world trade at the expense of developing countries. The role of LEDCs in the world market is mostly to provide the North and West with cheap labour and raw materials.



Globalisation in India

Advent of New Economic Policy -
After suffering a huge financial and economic crisis Dr. Man Mohan Singh brought a new policy which is known as Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization Policy (LPG Policy) also known as New Economic Policy,1991 as it was a measure to come out of the crisis that was going on at that time. The following measures were taken to liberalize and globalize the economy:

1. Devaluation: To solve the balance of payment problem Indian currency were devaluated by 18 to 19%.
2. Disinvestment: To make the LPG model smooth many of the public sectors were sold to the private sector.
3. Allowing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): FDI was allowed in a wide range of sectors such as Insurance (26%), defense industries (26%) etc.
4. NRI Scheme: The facilities which were available to foreign investors were also given to NRI's.

The New Economic Policy (NEP-1991) introduced changes in the areas of trade policies, monetary & financial policies, fiscal & budgetary policies, and pricing & institutional reforms. The salient features of NEP-1991 are (i) liberalization (internal and external), (ii) extending privatization, (iii) redirecting scarce Public Sector Resources to Areas where the private sector is unlikely to enter, (iv) globalization of economy, and (v) market friendly state.

Consequences of Globalization:
The implications of globalisation for a national economy are many.
Globalisation has intensified interdependence and competition between economies in the world market.
As a result domestic economic developments are not determined entirely by domestic policies and market conditions.
It is thus clear that a globalising economy, while formulating and evaluating its domestic policy cannot afford to ignore the possible actions and reactions of policies and developments in the rest of the world. This constrained the policy option available to the government, which implies loss of policy autonomy to some extent, in decision-making at the national level.

Impact of Globalization on Agricultural Sector:
Agricultural Sector is the mainstay of the rural Indian economy around which socio-economic privileges and deprivations revolve and any change in its structure is likely to have a corresponding impact on the existing pattern of Social equity. The liberalization of India’s economy was adopted by India in 1991. Facing a severe economic crisis, India approached the IMF for a loan, and the IMF granted what is called a ‘structural adjustment’ loan, which is a loan with certain conditions attached, which relate to a structural change in the economy. Essentially, the reforms sought to gradually phase out government control of the market (liberalization), privatize public sector organizations (privatization), and reduce export subsidies and import barriers to enable free trade (globalization).

Impact of Globalization on Industrial Sector:
Effects of Globalization on Indian Industry started when the government opened the country's markets to foreign investments in the early 1990s.
Globalization of the Indian Industry took place in its various sectors such as steel, pharmaceutical, petroleum, chemical, textile, cement, retail, and BPO.
The negative Effects of Globalization on Indian Industry are that with the coming of technology the number of labor required decreased and this resulted in many people being removed from their jobs. This happened mainly in the pharmaceutical, chemical, manufacturing, and cement industries.


Impact on Financial Sector:
Reforms of the financial sector constitute the most important component of India’s programme towards economic liberalization.
The recent economic liberalization measures have opened the door to foreign competitors to enter into our domestic market.
Innovation has become a must for survival.
Financial intermediaries have come out of their traditional approach and they are ready to assume more credit risks.
As a consequence, many innovations have taken place in the global financial sectors which have its own impact on the domestic sector also.
The emergences of various financial institutions and regulatory bodies have transformed the financial services sector from being a conservative industry to a very dynamic one.
 In this process, this sector is facing a number of challenges.
In this changed context, the financial services industry in India has to play a very positive and dynamic role in the years to come by offering many innovative products to suit the varied requirements of the millions of prospective investors spread throughout the country.
Reforms of the financial sector constitute the most important component of India’s programme towards economic liberalization.

Growth in financial services (comprising banking, insurance, real estate and business services), after dipping to 5.6% in 2003-04 bounced back to 8.7% in 2004-05 and 10.9% in 2005-06. The momentum has been maintained with a growth of 11.1% in 2006-07. Because of Globalization, the financial services industry is in a period of transition. Market shifts, competition, and technological developments are ushering in unprecedented changes in the global financial services industry.

Impact on Export and Import:
India's Export and Import in the year 2001-02 was to the extent of 32,572 and 38,362 million respectively. Many Indian companies have started becoming respectable players in the International scene.
Agriculture exports account for about 13 to 18% of total annual of annual export of the country.
In 2000-01 Agricultural products valued at more than US $ 6million were exported from the country 23% of which was contributed by the marine products alone.
Marine products in recent years have emerged as the single largest contributor to the total agricultural export from the country accounting for over one fifth of the total agricultural exports.
Cereals (mostly basmati rice and non-basmati rice), oil seeds, tea and coffee are the other prominent products each of which accounts fro nearly 5 to 10% of the countries total agricultural exports.





Anti-globalization Movement

Disputed term referring to the international social movement network that gained widespread media attention after protests against the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle, WA in late November and early December 1999.
a “movement of movements.
Broadly critical of the policies of economic neo-liberalism, or “corporate globalization
Include trade unionists, environmentalists, anarchists, land rights and indigenous rights activists, organizations promoting human rights and sustainable development, opponents of privatization, and anti-sweatshop campaigners.
Protested outside meetings of institutions such as the WTO, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the World Economic Forum, and the Group of Eight (G8) heavily industrialized nations.
opposing neoliberalism

Ideas in the age of globalization


Hi, getting visibility among core literary public is benchmark of publishing success and this message is part of an aggressive online campaign for the promotion and visibility of my two books [1] Political Internet and [2] Intimate Speakers among core reading public in online space.
It will be really helpful if you are able to help me forward, share, tweet, post, or tag this message or parts of this message among potential beneficiaries of the ideas in the books in your network, your friend’s network or their networks?

Or anyone should according to you benefit if they work broadly on anything related to social media, Internet, society, politics, cyber sexuality, Internet pornography, intimacies,  women and online misogyny, introverts, underprivileged people, Diaspora, cyberspace, Internet in education, International relations, digital politics, social media and state, public sphere, civil society, social capital, contentious politics and so on.

1. Political Internet: State and Politics in the Age of Social Media, (Routledge 2017)

Buy it on Amazon: 


Preview on Google Play: 


Preview on Google Books: 


Preview on Kindle:


Publisher Website:



2. Intimate Speakers: Why Introverted and Socially Ostracized Citizens Use Social Media, (Fingerprint! 2017).

Buy it on Amazon: 


Flipkart


Blog Review


goodreadsreviews



Contact the author


Biju P R

Author, Teacher, Blogger

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Government Brennen College

Thalassery

Kerala, India



My Books
1. Political Internet: State and Politics in the Age of Social Media,
(Routledge 2017), Amazon https://www.amazon.in/Political-InternetStatePoliticsSocialebook/dp/B01M5K3SCU?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&sr=



2. Intimate Speakers: Why Introverted and Socially Ostracized Citizens Use Social Media, (Fingerprint! 2017)
Amazon: http://www.amazon.in/dp/8175994290/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1487261127&sr=1-2&keywords=biju+p+r 


We all have ideas. It shapes life. It shapes the world. Some ideas are good just like presenting a bouquet of flowers to your beloved on Valentine’s Day. They are good but rather ordinary ideas. Some are bad ideas just like buying a knife for your beloved on their birthday.

Some ideas are great ideas. They stand above others. Just like Newton’s gravity, Principia Mathematica, laws of motion, or Einstein’s theory of relativity, mass energy equivalence said to be E=mc2  , Charles Babbage’s computer, Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web, Larry Page’s Google, Zuckerberg’s Facebook, Jack Dorsey’s Twitter etc.

Great revolutions are born out of ideas. French Revolution had ideas of equality, liberty and fraternity. American Revolution has ideas of liberty, equality and pursuit of happiness. No taxation without representation was motto of American Revolution. in 1917 Bolshevik revolution had mottos of 'Peace, Bread, Land' and 'All Power to the Soviets'. The 1979 Revolution in Iran had motto of Independence & Liberty. Swaraj was motto of Indian Independence movement, Do or Die had been motto of Quit India.

The counter cultures of 1960s spread anti-establishment ideas. It developed first in the United States and the United Kingdom, and then spread throughout much of the Western world between the early 1960s and the mid-1970s. It was found popular in cities of London, New York City, and San Francisco being hotbeds of early countercultural activity. It produced ideas of Beatles, hippie, Bell-bottoms,

A hippie (or hippy) is a member of a liberal counterculture, originally a youth movement that started in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. Hippies sought to free themselves from societal restrictions, choose their own way, and find new meaning in life.

Bohemianism is the practice of an unconventional lifestyle, often in the company of like-minded people, with few permanent ties, involving musical, artistic, or literary pursuits. In this context, Bohemians may be wanderers, adventurers, or vagabonds.

The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era.

Bob Marley is perhaps even better known for his support of Rastafarianism and for being the king of cannabis.

Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist who achieved international fame and acclaim

Rastafarianism is an afro-centric religious and social movement based in the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Stemming from the roots of Rastafari in rising against the post-colonial oppression of poor blacks, Rastas typically come from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Famous Bob Marley poem- “You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shelter when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes, you close your windows. So that's why I'm scared when you say you love me.”

His final words to his son Ziggy were "Money can't buy life.
Marley considered cannabis a healing herb, a "sacrament", and an "aid to medication"; he supported the legalization of the drug
He had one main chat-up line: “Yuh wan have ma baby
Bell-bottoms (or flares) are a style of trousers that become wider from the knees downward, forming a bell-like shape of the trouser leg. Also known today as "bootcut" or "bootfit". In the mid-1960s, bell-bottoms became fashionable for both men and women in Europe and North America. Often made of denim.  
Globalisation and information imperialism
Globalisation infact created only one idea. The idea of market capitalism. Ideas are created by market. Market dictates our ideas. It freezes our thoughts for commodities.
In the past,
Socrates was so intent on protecting citizens from the seductive opinions of artists and writers, that he outlawed them from his imaginary republic
Plato warned of the lose of memory when writing was invented
medieval script writers warned of the evils of printing press
People warned of the lose of relationship when Alexander Graham Bell invented telephone
but we lost ideas and power of thoughts in the age of globalsiation because we are trapped by the seductive utopias of the globalised world

From the French and Russian revolutions to the counter-cultural upheavals of the ‘60s and the digital revolution of the ‘90s, we have been seduced, time after time and text after text, by the vision of a political or economic utopia.

Now the seductive utopias of our age are produced not by old centres of ideas.
Rather than Paris, Moscow, or Berkeley, the grand utopian movement of our contemporary age is headquartered in Silicon Valley, whose great seduction is actually a fusion of two historical movements: the counter-cultural utopianism of the ‘60s and the techno-economic utopianism of the ‘90s. Here in Silicon

Valley, this seduction has announced itself to the world as the “Web 2.0” movement. Just as Marx seduced a generation of European idealists with his fantasy of selfrealization in a communist utopia, so the Web 2.0 cult of creative self-realization has seduced everyone in Silicon Valley. The movement bridges counter-cultural radicals of the ‘60s such as Steve Jobs with the contemporary geek culture of

Google’s Larry Page. Between the book-ends of Jobs and Page lies the rest of Silicon Valley including radical communitarians like Craig Newmark (of Craigslist.com), intellectual property communists such as Stanford Law Professor Larry Lessig, economic cornucopians (futurist) like Wired magazine editor Chris “Long Tail” Anderson, journalism professor Jeff Jarvis, and new media moguls Tim O’Reilly and John Battelle.