1st Edition
Political Economy of Controversies Over the Origin of Covid-19 and Its Impact on the World and India
Foreword
Preface cum Acknowledgments
1 Introduction and Objective of the Study
2 Origin of Covid-19: Is it Man-Made or Natural Organism?
3 Conspiracy Theories on the Origin of Covid-19
4 China Targeted for Covid-19—Its Counters and Defence of Others
5 World Health Organisation's Study into the Origin of Coronoavirus—Politicisation
6 The United States Could Not Tackle Covid-19 Due to Trump's Individualistic Approach and His Politics
7 Political Economy of Environmental Pollution— Holocene to Anthropocene-Climate Change Conventions: Rio to Kyoto and Paris
8 Political Economy of Ecological Damage Accelerated by Neoliberal Capitalism and Globalisation
9 The Pandemic Generated the Conditions for an Adverse Impact on the Global Economy
10 Political Economy of the US Global Hegemony— Its Status in the Post-Covid Era
11 Extent of Spread of Covid-19 and Its Impact on the Indian Economy
12 Political Economy of Migrant Labour in India—The Extent and Growth—Impact of Covid-19 on Migrant Labour During the Lockdown Periods
Summary and Conclusion
References
Biography
Akina Venkateswarlu taught for 16 years in government colleges and worked for about 7 years in the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad. He was ICSSR Senior Fellow (2012-14) at CESS. His recent book, Political Economy of Agricultural Development in India has been well received.
