Globalization

While the Union Carbide disaster precedes the arrival of globalization in India, the Bhopal disaster (as depicted in the documentary) can be an object lesson in what can happen under a neo-liberal regime in which profit reigns supreme. In “A House on Fire,” Shrivastava and Kothari argue, “the lack of regulation is an inevitable consequence of an economy driven by demand” (128). How does deregulation and weakening environmental and social governance (i.e. conflicts of interest, lack of transparency, etc.,) contribute to the disaster in Animal’s People? What type of justice does Indra Sinha envision for the people of Kaufpur at the end of the novel? How can the lessons from Bhopal make globalization more ethically responsible? How should under-regulated nations (like India or China) balance their development goals and ecological security? What relevance (if any) do recent environmental controversies in Flint, Michigan and Porter Ranch, California have to global environmental degradation?
The list of articles that you may use:

λ Paul Wapner, “Green Peace and Political Globalism”
λ Aseem Shrivastava and Ashish Kothari, “A House on Fire: India’s Ecological Security Undermined.”
λ Vandana Shiva, “The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply”
λ Shrivastava and Kothari, “Adding Fuel to Fire: Undermining India’s Environmental Governance” (Churning the Earth).* Indra Sinha, “Under the Volcano” http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/dec/04/bhopal-25-years-indra-sinha
λ Alan Taylor, “Bhopal: The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster, 30 Years Later” (photo essay) http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/12/bhopal-the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-30-years-later/100864/
λ Peter Evans, “Counter Hegemonic Globalization”
λ Geoffrey Pleyers, “The Global Justice Movement”

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