Political Economy and Information Capitalism in India

Digital Divide, Development Divide and Equity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2005-11-25
Mått140 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt422 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieTechnology, Globalization and Development
Antal sidor242
Upplaga2005
FörlagPalgrave USA
ISBN9781403992444

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GOVINDAN PARAYIL is Professor at the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo, Norway. His previous academic appointments were at the National University of Singapore, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, Virginia Technology, USA and Cornell University, USA. He authored Conceptualizing Technological Change and edited Kerala: The Development Experience.

Introduction: Information Capitalism; G.Parayil ICTs and Decoupled Development: Theories, Trajectories and Transitions; A.P.D'Costa The Political Economy of IT-Driven Outsourcing; C.P.Chandrasekhar ICTs for the Rural Poor: Civil Society and Cyber-Libertarian Developmentalism in India; T.T.Sreekumar The Perils of Excessive Export Orientation; K.J.Joseph Informational Development in Rural Areas: Some Evidence from Andhra Pradesh and Kerala; J.J.Thomas Building a 'Soft Region' on Hard Legacies: The Informational Economy in Andhra Pradesh, India; K.Eischen The Political Economy of the Indian Software Industry; B.Parthasarathy Working With Uncertainty in the IT Industry; B.Xiang The Political Economy of Informational Development: A Normative Appraisal; G.Parayil