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245 0 0 _aICTs and Indian social change :
_bdiffusion, poverty, governance /
_ceditors, Ashwani Saith, M. Vijayabaskar, V. Gayathri.
260 _aLos Angeles ;
_aLondon :
_bSage Publications,
_c2008.
300 _a418 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
500 _a"Institute for Human Development; Institute of Social Studies."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : 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.
650 0 _aInformation technology
_zIndia.
650 0 _aTelecommunication
_zIndia.
651 0 _aIndia
_xSocial conditions
_y1947-
700 1 _aSaith, Ashwani.
700 1 _aVijayabaskar, M.
700 1 _aGayathri, V.
710 2 _aInstitute for Human Development (New Delhi, India)
710 2 _aInstitute of Social Studies (Netherlands)
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0811/2008006728.html
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