ICTs and Indian Social Change : Diffusion, Poverty, Governance

by Ashwani Saith

• ISBN13: 9780761936121
• ISBN10: 0761936122
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-09
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
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Summary

This book is the first of its kind in putting together the optimistic voices of techno-idealists, critical social science perspectives on technology and a range of empirical material on the impacts of ICTs on the lives of people via its diffusion in the urban and rural spaces of work, consumption, e-governance and the new kinds of social identities it has fostered in India.This volume views the diffusion of ICTs in India primarily from the socio-cultural realm. It provides an empirical and theoretical critique of some of the important premises that undergird these initiatives and brings together the voices of innovators in the ICT for development domain. It opens up an entire arena for dialogue between activists, technocrats, bureaucrats and academia on using ICTs to deliver development.

Table of Contents

Introduction: ICTs and Indian Social Change-An Agenda of Concerns

Culture of Technology and ICTs

Sustainable Internet Connectivity in Rural India

Two Mutually Reinforcing Applications of ICT for Socio-Economic Development of India

ICTs and Poverty Alleviation: Hope or Hype?

Decrypting E-Governance: Narratives Power Play and Participation in the Gyaandoot Intranet

Crossing a Chasm: Technologies, Institutions and Policies for Developing a Regional IT Industry

The Electronic Grassrooting of Democracy: A Case for Community Radio

Wired Watchdogs: How ICTs Are Aiding Civil Society to Enhance Public Accountability

Influence of Software Trade on Development of Web-Enabled Governance Initiatives: Comparative Perspectives of Indian and UK Experiences

Evaluating the Developmental Impact of E-Governance Initiatives: An Exploratory Framework

Ricocheting Gender Equations: Women Workers in the Call Centre Industry

Constructing Work and Identity Indian outsourced ITES Sector

Ethnic Transnational Middle Classes in Formation: A Case Study of Indian Information Technology Professionals

Virtual India: Indian IT Labour and the Nation-State

Uncanny Networks: Pirate, Urban and the New Globalisation in India

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