This authoritative edited volume offers, for the first time, a selection of critical perspectives on globalization. These critiques incorporate work from radical and feminist scholars opposing the new liberal ideology underlying globalization. It also sheds new light on the different types of costs and risks of globalization in terms of environment, health hazards, international terrorism and cultural homogenization.The book is intended for a wide audience and will be of interest to students and researchers in economics, politics, international relations, geography and development studies, as well as policy makers and activists in governmental and non-governmental organizations.

This work is a microeconomic study of the performance of Indian industry, which emphasizes the role of the market. It looks at the nature of competition in Indian industry, asking whether the private sector in India is concentrated, whether firms in concentrated private sector industries compete or collude, and looks at the implications of such behavior for the performance of the sector.