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Title ICTs and Indian social change : diffusion, poverty, governance / editors, Ashwani Saith, M. Vijayabaskar, V. Gayathri.

Publication Info. Los Angeles ; London : Sage Publications, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (418 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note "Institute for Human Development; Institute of Social Studies."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary Papers presented at a conference held at Bangalore in December 2002.
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Subject Information technology -- India.
Information technology.
India.
Telecommunication -- India.
Telecommunication.
India -- Social conditions -- 1947-
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 1947-
Since 1947
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Saith, Ashwani.
Vijayabaskar, M.
Gayathri, V.
Institute for Human Development (New Delhi, India)
Institute of Social Studies (Netherlands)
Other Form: Print version: ICTs and Indian social change. Los Angeles ; London : Sage Publications, 2008 9780761936121 9788178297767 (DLC) 2008006728 (OCoLC)193907006
ISBN 9788178299914 (electronic book)
8178299917 (electronic book)
128196557X
9781281965578
0761936122 (Cloth)
8178297760
9780761936121 (hard back)
9788178297767 (India-hardback)
Standard No. 9786611965570