ISBN:
0761936122
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9788178297767
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9780761936121
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (418 p)
,
ill
,
23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version ICTs and Indian Social Change : Diffusion, Poverty, Governance
DDC:
303.48/330954
Keywords:
Telecommunication
;
Information technology
;
India Social conditions 1947-
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
ICTs and Indian Social Change: Diffusion, Poverty, Governance is the first. book of its kind that puts together the optimistic voices of techno-idealists,. critical social science perspectives on technology and a range of empirical material. on the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on the lives. of people. The book traces these processes across urban and rural spaces of work,. consumption, e-governance, and highlights the new kinds of social identities they. are fostering in India. It opens up an arena for dialogue between activists, technologists,. policy makers and
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: ICTs and Indian Social Change·An Agenda of Concerns ; Culture of Technology and ICTs; Sustainable Internet Connectivity in Rural India ; Two Mutually Reinforcing Applications of ICT for Socio-economic Development of India; ICTs and Poverty Alleviation: Hope or Hype? ; Decrypting E-governance: Narratives, Power Play and Participation in the Gyandoot Intranet ; Crossing a Chasm: Technologies, Institutions and Policies for Developing a Regional IT Industry; The Electronic Grassrooting of Democracy: A Case for Community Radio
Description / Table of Contents:
Wired Watchdogs: How ICTs are Aiding Civil Society to Enhance Public Accountability Influence of Software Trade on Development of Web-enabled Governance Initiatives: Comparative Perspectives of Indian and UK Experiences ; Evaluating the Developmental Impact of E-governance Initiatives: An Exploratory Framework ; Ricocheting Gender Equations: Women Workers in the Call Centre Industry ; Constructing Work and Identity in the Indian Outsourced ITES Sector ; Ethnic Transnational Middle Classes in Formation: A Case Study of Indian Information Technology Professionals
Description / Table of Contents:
Virtual India: Indian IT Labour and the Nation-StateUncanny Networks: Pirate, Urban and the New Globalization in India; About the Editors and Contributors; Index
Note:
"Institute for Human Development; Institute of Social Studies
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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