Globalization, Agrarian Economy and Environmental Challenges in India

This book contains papers which were submitted in the UGC-SAP (DR-I) seminar organized at Santiniketan in 2012. The first paper is on the myth of frictionless transition by Saumya Chakrabarti. Contrary to the claims of 'frictionless model of transition to capitalism,' the author shows that 'doing development' cannot be free from conflicts of interests. A theoretical set up has been attempted based on empirical work. Although Indian data sources have been used, it has been claimed that the results are applicable to development macroeconomics in general.