Baldev Raj Nayar, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

This volume-in the Themes in Politics series-discusses the nature of globalization, both in its past and contemporary incarnations; the nature of economic strategy in India that preceded globalization; the shift to economic liberalization and the stimulus for it; and the consequences of globalization and liberalization for India in relation to its external setting and its domestic situation.