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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
Contributor:
Saith, Ashwani.
Vijayabaskar, M.
Gayathri, V.
Institute for Human Development (New Delhi, India)
Institute of Social Studies (Netherlands)
Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
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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