Digital India : Understanding Information, Communication and Social Change

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ISBN: 9788132109044 | 813210904X
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/6/2012

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Digital India is a case study-based, critical introduction to the theory and practice of the digital in social change. The volume-with its chapters on telecommunications, software, mobile telephony, e-governance, ICT4D, software patenting, public sector software and cultural piracy-offers an entry point into an understanding of the contested nature of the digital in India via an analysis of theory and practice.

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List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
An Introduction to the Digital Moment in India	p. 1
Information Technology in a Liberalised Economy
The Software Industry in India	p. 29
Mobile Phones in India: Issues Related to Access and Use	p. 44
Government 1.0 and Information Technology
Telecommunications and Universal Service Obligations in India	p. 65
A Critique of ICTs in Development	p. 87
Government 2.0 and Information Technology
E-Government, E-Governance and Governmentality	p. 115
Intellectual Property Conundrums and the State in the Era of the Digital	p. 137
Public Sector Software in India	p. 158
Contested Information Technology
Piracy in the Contested City: Access, Distribution and Equity	p. 175
Index	p. 195
About the Author	p. 206
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