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ICTs and Indian social change : diffusion, poverty, governance / editors, Ashwani Saith, M. Vijayabaskar, V. Gayathri.
Lippincott Library HD30.2 .I28 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information technology--India.
- Information technology.
- India.
- Telecommunication--India.
- Telecommunication.
- India--Social conditions--1947-.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 418 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles ; London : Sage Publications, 2008.
- Contents:
- Introduction : ICTs and Indian social change, an agenda of concerns / Ashwani Saith and M. Vijayabaskar
- Culture of technology and ICTs / Sundar Sarukkai
- Sustainable internet connectivity in rural India / Ashok Jhunjhunwala and Anuradha Ramachandran
- Two mutually reinforcing applications of ICT for socio-economic development of India / Rajesh Jain, Atanu Dey, Reuben Abraham and Vivek Padmanabhan
- ICTs and poverty alleviation : hope or hype? / Ashwani Saith
- Decrypting E-governance : narratives, power play and participation in the Gyandoot Intranet / T.T. Sreekumar
- Crossing a chasm : technologies, institutions and policies for developing a regional IT industry / Nirvikar Singh
- The electronic grassrooting of democracy : a case for community radio / Vinod Pavarala
- Wired watchdogs : how ICTs are aiding civil society to enhance public accountability / Gopakumar Krishnan Thampi
- Influence of software trade on development of web-enabled governance Initiatives : comparative perspectives of Indian and UK experiences / Amit Mitra and A. Didar Singh
- Evaluating the developmental impact of E-Governance initiatives : an exploratory framework / Shirin Madon
- Ricocheting gender equations : women workers in the call centre industry / Piush Antony and V. Gayathri
- Constructing work and identity in the Indian outsourced ITES sector / M. Vijayabaskar
- Ethnic transnational middle classes in formation : a case study of Indian information technology professionals / Xiang Biao
- Virtual India : Indian IT labour and the nation-state / Peter van der Veer
- Uncanny networks : pirate, urban and the new globalization in India / Ravi Sundaram.
- Notes:
- "Institute for Human Development; Institute of Social Studies."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780761936121
- 9788178297767
- 8178297760
- 0761936122
- OCLC:
- 193907006
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