ISBN:
9781403992444
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 242 p.
Series Statement:
Technology, globalisation and development series
Parallel Title:
Print version Political Economy and Information Capitalism in India : Digital Divide, Development Divide and Equity
DDC:
303.48/33/0954
Keywords:
Information technology ; Economic aspects ; India
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Telecommunication ; India
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India ; Economic conditions
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India ; Economic policy ; 1991-
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In this theoretically and empirically engaging volume, the contributors demonstrate that despite the dynamism of India's software industry and the rhetorical flourishes of industry leaders, at present, the benefits of the revolution in information and communication technologies (ICTs) touch only the hundreds of thousands with the right skills and access. India still needs to do more to bring the benefits of ICTs to the hundreds of millions of its citizens still living in acute poverty. The contributors take stock of the political economy implications of informational development in India
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Information Capitalism; Chapter 2: ICTs and Decoupled Development: Theories, Trajectories and Transitions; Chapter 3: The Political Economy of IT-driven Outsourcing; Chapter 4: ICTs for the Rural Poor: Civil Society and Cyber-Libertarian Developmentalism in India; Chapter 5: The Perils of Excessive Export Orientation; Chapter 6: Informational Development in Rural Areas: Some Evidence from Andhra Pradesh and Kerala
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 7: Building a 'Soft Region' on Hard Legacies: The Informational Economy in Andhra Pradesh, IndiaChapter 8: The Political Economy of the Indian Software Industry; Chapter 9: Working with Uncertainty in the IT Industry; Chapter 10: The Political Economy of Informational Development: A Normative Appraisal; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-233) and index
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