000 01555nam a2200169Ia 4500
020 _a978-1403992444
082 _a303.48330954 POL
100 _aParayil Govindan Ed.
245 _aPolitical economy and information capitalism in India : digital divide, development and equity
260 _bPalgrave Macmillan,
_aNew York
_c2006
300 _axiii,242 p.
_b22 cm ; Hard Bound
500 _a111.07$
505 _aInformation capitalism / Govindan Parayil -- ICTs and decoupled development / Anthony P. D'Costa -- The political economy of IT-driven outsourcing / C.P. Chandrasekhar -- ICTs for the rural poor / T.T. Sreekumar -- The perils of excessive export orientation / K.J. Joseph -- Informational development in rural areas / Jayan Jose Thomas -- Building a 'soft region' on hard legacies / Kyle Eischen -- The political economy of the indian software industry / Balaji Parthasarathy -- Working with uncertainty in the IT industry / Biao Xiang -- The political economy of informational development / Govindan Parayil.
520 _aRecent 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
650 _aSocial Science
_aTelecommunication
_aEconomic history
_aEconomic Policy
942 _cBK
999 _c98876
_d98876