Publisher's Synopsis
We are witnessing the simultaneous growth of two forces one of Globalization, the other localization, one driven by global corporations and the other driven by local communities and grass roots movements. One moving power upwards, the other moving it downwards. (Vandana Shiva, 1997). Coupled with this democratisation has emerged as a driving force of human development. The decade beginning in sixties (60's) heralded the twin process of democratization and globalization which ushered in liberation of the closed and opaque socio-economic, political and cultural structure, this process also resulted in the transformation of fractious, feudal, socio-cultural set-up into liberal and transparent structures.
