ISBN:
9781843313830
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (228 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
India and Asia in the Global Economy
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DDC:
303.48/330954
Keywords:
Rural development projects - India
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Electronic books
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Information technology ; India
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Communication in rural development ; India
Abstract:
'ICTs and Development in India' is a unique attempt to study the nature and consequences of the growing presence of Information Technology in development projects in India.
Abstract:
Front Matter -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- Main Matter -- Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION: EXPLORING THE RURAL NETWORK SOCIETY -- Two Rural Vignettes and the Beginning of a Story -- ICTs, ICT4D and the Neo-Liberal Discourse -- ICTs and the Civil Society Argument -- Research Questions, Contexts and Conceptual Framework -- Analytical Issues for Discussion -- Methodology and Sources of Information -- Organization and Focus -- Chapter 2: CIVIL SOCIETY AND CYBER-LIBERTARIAN DEVELOPMENTALISM -- The Cyber-Libertarian Turn -- ICTs and Neo-Liberal Developmentalism: The Rise of the Social Enterprise Model -- Information Village Research Project (IVRP) -- TARAkendras -- Expectations and Outcomes -- State-CSO Relations: Emerging Contradictions -- Narratives of Success and the Sustainability Puzzle -- Lessons and Non-Lessons -- Chapter 3: DECRYPTING E-GOVERNANCE -- Technology and Governance -- The Beginnings of E-Governance in India -- Gyandoot: Organization and Technology -- E-Governance and the Kiosks: The Social Dynamics -- E-Governance and the Network Society: Deciphering the Narratives of Success -- QUANGOs, Civil Society and the Private Sector -- Beyond Technocratic Definitions -- Chapter 4: CYBER-KIOSKS AND DILEMMAS OF SOCIAL INCLUSION -- ICTs and Social Change -- Gender and Information Technology -- Women and ICTs: Rhetoric and Reality of Participation -- Gyandoot: Tribal Women at Large -- TARAkendras: Accepting Gender Divisions -- Knowledge Centres and Women's Participation -- Social Enterprises as Social Movements -- Participation in Net-Based Social Action -- ICTs and Limits of Developmental CSOs -- Chapter 5: INNOVATING FOR THE RURAL NETWORK SOCIETY -- The Appropriate Technology for the Masses -- Innovation and CSOs in Rural ICT Interventions -- CSOs and the Triple Helix Model.
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