The book examines contemporary globalisation, which signifies a growing interconnectedness between people and societies across the world through increasing flows of people, goods, services, finance, and ideas across the borders. The concept of globalisation and its meaning is discussed through insights from scholars such as David Held, Anthony Giddens, David Harvey, Arjun Appadurai, Ulrich Beck, Manuel Castells, Saskia Sassen, and many other scholars to explain divergent perspectives of globalisation. The book also studies threats like nuclear weapons proliferation, global terrorism, environmental security issues, global justice, poverty, migration, and global shifts. It aims to generate readers' interest in understanding globalisation and analysing the changing dynamics of world politics by studying it from diverse viewpoints.

The emergence of COVID-19 and resurgence of great power politics has given rise to the debate of de-globalisation and return of a new kind of 'cold war'. In this context, this volume will also help readers to understand globalisation in the present changing world order.

The book will be useful to the students of political science, international relations, and other interdisciplinary social sciences subjects like political economy and global/international politics.

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Introduction
1 Concept of Globalisation: History, Meanings, and Debates
2 Approaches to Globalisation
3 International Economic Institutions/Regimes: IMF, World Bank, and WTO
4 Contemporary Global Actors: UN, BRICS and MNCS/TNCS
5 Alternative Perspectives on Globalisation
6 Different Dimensions of Globalisation: Political, Economic, Cultural, and Technological
7 Globalisation and Democracy: State, Sovereignty, and Civil Society
8 Globalisation and Global Social Movements
9 Globalisation and the Demise of Nation State
10 Globalisation and Human Migration: Interlinkages and Issues
11 Global Environmental Issues: Global Warming, Biodiversity, Resource Scarcities
12 Global Justice and Globalisation: Perspectives and Challenges
13 Poverty and Inequality in a Globalising World
14 Inevitability of Globalisation: Domestic and Global Responses
15 Identities and Citizenship in a Global Age
16 Globalisation: War, Terrorism, and International Security
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