Subject(s): Rural development -- Government policy -- Globalization. -- Rural Development in Globalising India -- Global Interdependence -- System of Natural Liberty -- Sustainable development -- Decentralisation -- Psychic War Culture and Markets -- Swinging State -- Humanising State -- Informed Citizen for market and Democracy -- Primary Education for All : Tamil Nadu -- Reforms in Drinking Water Service Delivery -- Neo-Liberal Economic Tinge -- Physical Infrastructure -- Measure to Reduce Cost of Service -- Decentralization in Practice -- Financial Participation -- Primary Health Care -- Rural Health Mission -- NRHM in Tamil Nadu -- Involvement of Local Self Government in Rural Health Care -- Indian Public Health Standards -- Health Sub-centres -- Indian System of Medicine -- Public Privet Partnership -- Special Economic Zones -- Case studies in Tamil Nadu -- National Rural Employment Guarantee: Experience from a Tamil Nadu Village -- Information Asymmetry: The State, Market and the Civil Society -- Right to Information for CPR Management -- Right to Information -- Dalits In The New Socio-Technological Milieu -- Dalits Basic Service and Quality of Life -- Dalits, Livelihoods and Employment -- Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies -- Etymological Search -- Managing Globalization from Below -- SWOT analysis