'Whither the Global Village: Is Globalisation in Retreat?'

Abhiruchi Ojha Announcement
Location
India
Subject Fields
Diplomacy and International Relations, Political Science, Social Sciences

The end of the Cold War unleashed an unprecedented wave of globalisation which looked set to reshape the world into a single, interconnected socio-political-economic entity, a global village. While technological advancements like the spread of internet did play an important role in creating this expectation, the driving force behind this accelerated period of globalisation remained chiefly political. It was the victory of the United States of America in the Cold War with its pro-globalisation agenda that provided the critical fillip to forces of globalisation. With the sole hegemonic power in the world promoting a liberal economic world order, hitherto hesitant countries like India and others had no option but to embrace its precepts. Thus, the world witnessed an unparalleled movement of capital, goods and people between countries in the two decades after the end of the Cold War. The global economy became increasingly integrated, capitalists vied for markets and labour across state borders while immigration multiplied. This was the path to prosperity, security and stability was the international consensus, atleast among the elites. It was even hoped by some pro-globalists optimists that like a village, the world will eventually end up with a single economy, a shared cosmopolitan culture and collective security through enforceable common laws through international institutions. This was to be the end of history, the culmination of human kind's ideological evolution. 

However, in the last decade or so, this consensus has come under increasing stress. While the 2008 global financial crisis is a likely starting point for this loss of confidence, issues concering immigration and rising inequalities predate. Recent events like the Brexit and the election of an anti-globalist President in the US who has cancelled freetrade agreements, questioned well-established collecive security measures like the NATO and criticised immigration are symptoms of this phenomenan. Tides of nationalism and economic protectionism are rising across the world and more so in places like Europe which used to be strong advocates of globalism. In this context, it is thus important to ask, is globalisation in retreat? If so, what are the economic implications, specially for developing countries like India and China who have embraced and sought to take advantage of global capitalism in the last few decades? In the secrity sphere, does this signal a firm return to state centric realpolitik? One also has to discuss the future of economic and political immigrants as well as diasporic communities in this changing scenario. This conference seeks to discuss these pressing concerns and invites papers to be presented under following subthemes -

  • Global Economy: Is Protectionism the Future?
  • International Security: Back to Realpolitik?
  • Evolving Role of Diasporic Communities
  • Immigration and Multiculturalism at the Crossroads
  • Remapping Gender Beyond Globalisation
  • Perils & Possibilities for Developing Countries in a Changing World: Perspectives of Africa, Asia and Latin America
  •  Globalism vs Nationalism: Trends and Prospects
  • Territorial Frontiers and Borders of the Mind: Limits of Cosmopolitanism
  • Transnational Social Movements: Present and Future

Send your abstracts of 350 words and a biographic note of 200 words as a single MS Word document to : conference.dpg.cuk@gmail.com

Venue of the Conference:

Department of Politics & Governance, Central University of Kashmir

Nowgam Campus-2, Nowgam Bypass, Srinagar, Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir, India-190015

Important Dates

Last Date for Submission of Abstract: July 1, 2017

Notification of Selected Abstracts: July 7, 2017

Submission of Full Papers: September 12, 2017

All selected papers will be published as part of Conference Proceedings.

 

Contact Information
Dr. Abhiruchi OjhaConference Convener & Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Politics & GovernanceCentral University of KashmirEmail: conference.dpg.cuk@gmail.com
Contact Email
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