Trading the Nation
Multilateral Negotiations and the Fate of Communications in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7525002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pradip Thomas (0000-0001-8367-1106, corresponding author), Pradip N Thomas |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 275-292 |
| Publication date | 1999-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gazette (Leiden Netherlands (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-5492 • E-ISSN: 1460-3594 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0016549299061003006 |
| OpenAlex | W2013775075 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
This article discusses the impact of multilateral trade negotiations, particularly trade in goods and services and its consequences for communications futures in India. It argues that the neo-liberal policies espoused by the World Trade Organization have begun to shape domestic practices and inform attitudes to communications priorities. The article specifically highlights issues related to intellectual property and charts the travails and dilemmas of local communications industries as they respond to liberalization in every communications sector, inclusive of information technology, broadcasting, film and the press. It also grapples with issues related to media imperialism, and suggests that despite new opportunities to reverse one-way flows, the systemic and systematic incorporation of countries like India into the circuits of globalization inevitably leads to them becoming mere appendages of transnational powers. The article implicitly takes the position that people's expressions in support of the right to communication are fundamentally important to stemming the flow of a rampant neo-liberalism, with its accents on quantity, technological rationality and privatized futures
Broadcasting (networking · Economics · Futures contract · Globalization · Goods and services · Intellectual property · International trade · Liberalization · Market economy · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Position (finance · Public relations · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia · South Asian Cinema and Culture
Statement to the Group of Ministers on Arthur Dunkel's Draft of the Final Act on Uruguay round of Gatt Negotiations
The Internationalization of Television
Globalization and policy choice
Contradictions in the democratization of international communication
The Politics of World Communication
Neither West nor Third World
The Internationalisation of Television
Employment in Indian Agriculture
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |