Political economy and information capitalism in India : digital divide, development and equity /
Political economy and information capitalism in India : digital divide, development and equity /
edited by Govindan Parayil.
- xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Technology, globalisation and development series .
- Technology, globalization and development. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-233) and index.
Introduction : information capitalism / ICTs and decoupled development : theories, trajectories and transitions / The political economy of IT-driven outsourcing / ICTs for the rural poor : civil society and cyber-libertarian developmentalism in India / The perils of excessive export orientation / Informational development in rural areas : some evidence from Andhra Pradesh and Kerala / Building a 'soft region' on hard legacies : the informational economy in Andhra Pradesh, India / The political economy of the Indian software industry / Working with uncertainty in the IT industry / The political economy of informational development : a normative appraisal / Govindan Parayil -- Anthony P. D'Costa -- C. P. Chandrasekhar -- T. T. Sreekumar -- K. J. Joseph -- Jayan Jose Thomas -- Kyle Eischen -- Balaji Parthasarathy -- Biao Xiang -- Govindan Parayil. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9.
"Recent advances in information and communications technologies or ICTs seemed to have opened up new opportunities for India as a major exporter of software and information technology-enabled services (ITES), thanks to globalisation and liberalisation of the domestic economy. This theoretically and empirically engaging volume takes stock of the larger impact and implications of the ICT revolution on Indian economy and society; specifically, it reflects on and analyses the political economy of informational development in India."--BOOK JACKET.
1403992444 9781403992444
2005047533
Information technology--Economic aspects--India
Telecommunication--India
India--Economic conditions
India--Economic policy--1991-
HC440.I55 / P65 2006
303.48330954
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-233) and index.
Introduction : information capitalism / ICTs and decoupled development : theories, trajectories and transitions / The political economy of IT-driven outsourcing / ICTs for the rural poor : civil society and cyber-libertarian developmentalism in India / The perils of excessive export orientation / Informational development in rural areas : some evidence from Andhra Pradesh and Kerala / Building a 'soft region' on hard legacies : the informational economy in Andhra Pradesh, India / The political economy of the Indian software industry / Working with uncertainty in the IT industry / The political economy of informational development : a normative appraisal / Govindan Parayil -- Anthony P. D'Costa -- C. P. Chandrasekhar -- T. T. Sreekumar -- K. J. Joseph -- Jayan Jose Thomas -- Kyle Eischen -- Balaji Parthasarathy -- Biao Xiang -- Govindan Parayil. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9.
"Recent advances in information and communications technologies or ICTs seemed to have opened up new opportunities for India as a major exporter of software and information technology-enabled services (ITES), thanks to globalisation and liberalisation of the domestic economy. This theoretically and empirically engaging volume takes stock of the larger impact and implications of the ICT revolution on Indian economy and society; specifically, it reflects on and analyses the political economy of informational development in India."--BOOK JACKET.
1403992444 9781403992444
2005047533
Information technology--Economic aspects--India
Telecommunication--India
India--Economic conditions
India--Economic policy--1991-
HC440.I55 / P65 2006
303.48330954