Politics of Globalization

Samir Dasgupta is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India. He is the Former Director of College Development Council, Kalyani University, Former Visiting Faculty, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in West Bengal State University, and Advisory Committee Member of the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, University of Calcutta. His research interests lie on Applied Sociology, Development Studies and Sociology of Globalization, Urban Sociology, Economic Sociology, Environment Studies, and Peace Studies. He has received an award from the University of Kalyani for his contribution to the promotion of culture. He is the author of more than fifty research papers and twenty two book chapters. His publications include: The Changing Face of Globalization (edited volume, 2004); Globalization and After (co-edited with Ray Kiely, 2006); Discourse on Applied Sociology: Theoretical Perspectives (co-edited with Robyn Driskell, 2007); Discourse on Applied Sociology: Practicing Perspectives (co-edited with Robyn Driskell, 2007); Politics of Globalization with Jan Nederveen Pieterse (2009); Understanding the Global Environment (2010); Arthanaitik Samajtatwa (2011); and Globalization and Humanity (Authored, 2011). He serves as an editorial board member of the international journal Nature and Culture, U.S.A and Leipzeig, Germany, and International Journal of Business Ethics in Developing Economies.

Jan Nederveen Pieterse is Professor in the Sociology of Development, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. Other books he has authored include Empire and emancipation: power and liberation on a world scale, White on black: images of Africa and blacks in western popular culture, Globalization and culture: global mélange, Globalization or empire?, Ethnicities and global multiculture: pants for an octopus and Is there hope for Uncle Sam? Beyond the American bubble. He has also edited a number of titles, including Christianity and hegemony: religion and politics on the frontiers of social change, Emancipations, modern and postmodern,The decolonization of imagination: culture, knowledge and power (co-edited), Humanitarian intervention and beyond: world orders in the making, Global futures: shaping globalization, Globalization and social movements (co-edited), Politics of globalization (co-edited) and Globalization and emerging societies: development and inequality (co-edited).