Baldev Raj Nayar (October 26, 1931 – February 9, 2021) was an Indian-born Canadian academic. He was professor emeritus of

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from 1991 to 2021. He joined McGill University as an assistant professor in 1964. He was born in

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(India) on 26 October 1931, and received his Ph.D. from the

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in 1963. His works on Indian politics and Indian

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have been very influential. His research on Globalization and its impact on various domains of governance has influenced a generation of scholars and policy makers.The Geopolitics of Globalization
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in 1966. He was also a regular contributor to ''Asian Survey'', ''

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'' and ''India Review''.

Works

Academic

*''Globalization and India's Economic Integration'' (2014). *''The Myth of the Shrinking State: Globalization and the State in India'' (2009). *''Globalization and Politics in India,'' editor (2007). *''India's Globalization: Evaluating the Economic Consequences'' (2006). *''The Geopolitics of Globalization'' (2005). *''India in the World Order: Searching for Major-Power Status,'' co-author (2003). *''India and the Major Powers After Pokhran II'' (2001). *''Globalization and Nationalism: The Changing Balance in India's Economic Policy, 1950-2000'' (2001). *"Political Structure and India's Economic Reforms of the 1990s," ''Pacific Affairs'' 71.3 (1998). *''State and Market in India's Shipping: Nationalism, Globalization and Marginalization'' (1996). *''The State and International Aviation in India: Performance and Policy on the Eve of Aviation Globalization'' (1994). *''Superpower Dominance and Military Aid: A Study of Military Aid to Pakistan'' (1991). *''The Political Economy of India's Public Sector: Policy and Performance'' (1990). *''India's Mixed Economy: The Role of Ideology and Interest in Its Development'' (1989). *''India's Quest for Technological Independence: Volume I: Policy Foundation and Policy Change'' (1983). *''India's Quest for Technological Independence: Volume II: The Results of Policy'' (1983). *''American Geopolitics and India'' (1976). *"Political Mainsprings of Economic Planning in the New Nations," ''Comparative Politics'' 6.3 (1975). *"Treat India Seriously," ''Foreign Policy'' 18 (1975). *''Violence and Crime in India: A Quantitative Study'' (1975). *''The Modernization Imperative and Indian Planning'' (1972). *''National Communication and Language Policy in India'' (1969). *''Minority Politics in the Punjab'' (1966).

Autobiographical

*''Overcoming Tragedy: The Story of One Refugee Before and After the Partition of the Punjab'' (2019).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nayar, Baldev Raj 1931 births 2021 deaths Canadian political scientists Indian political scientists Academic staff of McGill University Partition of India University of Chicago alumni