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ICTs and Indian social change [electronic resource] : diffusion, poverty, governance / editors, Ashwani Saith, M. Vijayabaskar, V. Gayathri.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information technology--India.
- Information technology.
- Telecommunication--India.
- Telecommunication.
- India--Social conditions--1947-.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (419 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles ; London : Sage Publications, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ICTs and Indian Social Change: Diffusion, Poverty, Governance is the first. book of its kind that puts together the optimistic voices of techno-idealists,. critical social science perspectives on technology and a range of empirical material. on the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on the lives. of people. The book traces these processes across urban and rural spaces of work,. consumption, e-governance, and highlights the new kinds of social identities they. are fostering in India. It opens up an arena for dialogue between activists, technologists,. policy makers and
- 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.
- ISBN:
- 93-5280-158-X
- 1-281-96557-X
- 9786611965570
- 81-7829-991-7
- OCLC:
- 437087360
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