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1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Section I: The ICT Route to Development; 1 -- State, ICT and Development: The Indian Context; 2 -- A Vision of Citizen-centric E-governance for India; 3 -- Governance: Virtual to Real; 4 -- ICT and Good Governance; 5 -- Incentives of Good Governance; Section II: Challenges before the State; 6 -- Bridging the Digital Divide: Options for India; 7 -- Policy Issues in Bridging the Digital Divide; 8 -- Regulatory Framework to Facilitate Universal Connectivity in India; 9 -- Cyber Law and its Implementation in India. |
| Summary |
Information technology (IT) has brought about a major shift in the nature and speed of knowledge processing, thereby transforming the way business and, indeed, governments, function. An integral aspect of social capital, IT can either be an empowering force for the marginalized, or be instrumental in creating a new dimension of inequality. Harnessing IT for effective socio-economic transformation into an epistemic society has created a need to revisit prevailing notions of governance and development in the country, which is confronted with resource constraints and a yawning digital divide. Con. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
India -- Economic policy -- 1991-
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India. |
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Economic policy. |
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1991- |
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Digital divide -- India.
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Digital divide. |
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Information technology -- Economic aspects -- India.
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Information technology -- Economic aspects. |
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Telecommunication -- Economic aspects -- India.
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Telecommunication -- Economic aspects. |
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India -- Economic conditions -- 1947-
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Economic conditions. |
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1947- |
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India -- Politics and government -- 1977-
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Politics and government. |
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1977- |
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Since 1947 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bagga, R. K.
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Keniston, Kenneth.
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Mathur, Rohit Raj.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: State, IT and development. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : SAGE Publications, 2005 (DLC) 2005026305 (OCoLC)61479601 |
| ISBN |
9788132103608 (electronic book) |
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8132103602 (electronic book) |
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1282425005 |
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9781282425002 |
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0761933980 (hardback) |
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9780761933984 (hardback) |
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0761933999 (paperback) |
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9780761933991 (paperback) |
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8178295474 (hardback ; India) |
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9788178295473 (hardback ; India) |
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8178295482 (paperback ; India) |
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9788178295480 (paperback ; India) |
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