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Cover -- India, Climate Change, And The Global Commons -- Copyright -- Contents -- List Of Abbreviations -- 1. The New International Environment: Changing The Unchanged -- 2. Stereotypes On Development -- Markets, Trade, Development, And Global Environment -- The Gender Dimension In Poverty -- 3. Challenges Of Global Governance: Opinions And Formulations -- Blair's Changing Vision Of Challenges For The Global World -- The United Nations' Perspective On Global Challenges -- The World Bank -- From Zero Summing To Sustainability -- Diversity And Social Capital -- What Is The Way Out? 4. India: The Multi-​faceted Nation-​state -- 5. India's Rurality And Its Different Faces -- Lessons In Development From The Deserts Of Rajasthan -- Rural Woes In The Wto Era -- Darjeeling Tea As A Postmodern Response -- The Nama Phenomenon And Non-​tariff Barriers To Great Craftsmanship -- Are Externally Aided Rural Projects Sustainable? -- The Modern Face Of Rurality? Ict And Rural Areas -- E-​commerce, E-​governance, And Agri-​trade -- 6. Adapting To Globalization Or Fighting It? -- Intellectual Property Rights (iprs) And The Second Enclosure Movement -- 7. Environmentalism In The World The Propellers Of The Global Goods Cause -- The Tragedy Of The Unccd -- Why Some Nation-​states Welcome Imported Hazardous Wastes -- Pops: The Twenty-​first Century Convention -- The Rio Triumvirate And Uneasy Locals -- Communicating The Conventions: The Perils Of Hierarchy -- Reflections On The Negotiations Trajectory Of Global Environmental Agreements -- Trade, Environment, And Climate Change -- Upscaling Local Environment Success -- 8. Policies For The Environment: The Story Of India -- 9. Leaders, Markets, And Values -- 10. Compensating For Lost Resources: Does It Work? Payment For Ecosystem Services -- 11. The Local Impacts Of Multilateral Environmental Agreements: The Unfccc, Cbd, And The Basel Convention -- The Convention On Biological Diversity 1992 -- Cbd: Post-​2010 Developmen