Globalisation: Responses from developed and developing societies.
- Comment: Rethinking on sovereign state. (2000)
- Critically examine globalisation from a Third World perspective. (2010)
- Examine the nature and dynamics of contemporary globalization. (2011)
- How would you describe the contemporary worlds beyond the languages of ‘ North/ South’ and ‘Developed/ Developing’? Is the present transformation driven by domestic compulsions, or external overall crisis of the global economy? (250 words) (2012)
- What is ‘global village’? Elaborate its main characteristics and also the factors that contributed to its growth. (2014)
- Is globalization essentially a process of ‘universalisation’ of capitalist modernity? (2015)
- How is it that economic and neo-liberal globalization is being interrogated from inside even in developed countries? What are the economic consequences of such globalization? (2015)
- Discuss the impact of globalization on the internal functioning of the state. (2016)
- Critically examine the Globalisation in the past 25 years from the perspectives of the Western world. (2017)
- Critically examine the impact of the process of globalization from the perspective of the countries of the Global South. (2020)
- What is globalisation? Why is there an intense debate about globalisation and its consequences? (2021)
- What are the main challenges faced by the developing countries in the era of globalisation? (2022)
- Critically examine the impact of globalization on the developing countries of the world. (2023)
- “Deglobalisation is displacing globalisation.” Comment. (2024)
- Global South-sensitive model of globalization would prevent the danger emanating from overcentralized globalization. Discuss. (2025)
- Latin America has made moderate success in countering US-led global economic order by framing various organizations emphasizing regional sovereignty, economic integration and alternative development. Discuss. (2025)
- Answer in about 150 words: Extractive capitalism. (2026) [10 marks]
Syllabus unit: Globalisation
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