ICTs and Indian social change
Subtitle: diffusion, poverty, governance
By: editors Ashwani Saith, M. Vijayabaskar, and V. Gayathri.
Contributors: Saith, Ashwani.; Vijayabaskar, M.; Gayathri, V.
Publisher: Sage Publications; SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780761936121
Subjects: Information technology -- India; Telecommunication -- India; India -- Social conditions -- 1947-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : ICTs and Indian social change, an agenda of concerns / Ashwani Saith and M. Vijayabaskar; title: Culture of technology and ICTs / Sundar Sarukkai; title: Sustainable internet connectivity in rural India / Ashok Jhunjhunwala and Anuradha Ramachandran; title: Two mutually reinforcing applications of ICT for socio-economic development of India / Rajesh Jain, Atanu Dey, Reuben Abraham and Vivek Padmanabhan; title: ICTs and poverty alleviation : hope or hype? / Ashwani Saith; title: Decrypting E-governance : narratives, power play and participation in the Gyandoot Intranet / T.T. Sreekumar; title: Crossing a chasm : technologies, institutions and policies for developing a regional IT industry / Nirvikar Singh; title: The electronic grassrooting of democracy : a case for community radio / Vinod Pavarala; title: Wired watchdogs : how ICTs are aiding civil society to enhance public accountability / Gopakumar Krishnan Thampi; title: Influence of software trade on development of web-enabled governance Initiatives : comparative perspectives of Indian and UK experiences / Amit Mitra and A. Didar Singh; title: Evaluating the developmental impact of E-Governance initiatives : an exploratory framework / Shirin Madon; title: Ricocheting gender equations : women workers in the call centre industry / Piush Antony and V. Gayathri; title: Constructing work and identity in the Indian outsourced ITES sector / M. Vijayabaskar; title: Ethnic transnational middle classes in formation : a case study of Indian information technology professionals / Xiang Biao; title: Virtual India : Indian IT labour and the nation-state / Peter van der Veer; title: Uncanny networks : pirate, urban and the new globalization in India / Ravi Sundaram.