Dot.compradors : power and policy in the development of the Indian software industry /

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Why the celebrated Indian IT industry is an obstacle to an egalitarian form of development in India.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Saraswati, Jyoti (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Pluto Press, 2012.
Colección:Political economy and development.
Temas:
Computer software industry > India > History.
Computer software industry > Government policy > India.
Logiciels > Industrie > Inde > Histoire.
Logiciels > Industrie > Politique gouvernementale > Inde.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Service.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Computer Industry.
Computer software industry
Computer software industry > Government policy
India
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Background
  • 1.2 Aims
  • 1.3 Structure
  • Part 1 The Context
  • 2 The Global Software Services Industry: An Overview
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Beneath the Tip of the IT Iceberg: The Size and Structure of the Hidden Industry
  • 2.3 The Magnificent Seven: Introducing the Global Giants and the Indian Majors
  • 2.4 Creative Destruction and the Development of the Industry, 1950-85
  • 2.5 Convergence and Catch-up in the Industry, 1985-2010
  • 2.6 Conclusions
  • 3 The Development of the Software Industry in India: Existing Explanations and their Shortcomings
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Technological Advances
  • 3.3 Intellectual Aptitude
  • 3.4 Neo-liberalism
  • 3.5 The Developmental Department
  • 3.6 Conclusions
  • 4 The Political Economy Approach to State Intervention and Industrial Transformation: An Analytical Framework
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 The Who and Why of Policy: The Interests Behind State Intervention
  • 4.3 The Effect of Policy: A Structural Analysis
  • 4.4 Conclusions
  • Part 2 The Development of the Indian it Industry
  • 5 IT Started with a War: The Establishment of the Indian IT Industry, 1970-78
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 The Wider Context: The State of Independence
  • 5.3 Interests and Interventions: The Bombay IT Party
  • 5.4 What Happened? Indian Computers and Software Exports
  • 5.5 Conclusions
  • 6 Catalytic Corruption: The Domestic Software Services Boom, 1978-86
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 The Wider Context: Back to Business
  • The Emergency and the Return of the Old Guard
  • 6.3 Interests and Interventions: Illusions of Grandeur
  • 6.4 What Happened? A Positive Case of Uninetended Consequences
  • 6.5 Conclusions
  • 7 Manna from Heaven: Satellites, Optic Fibres and the Export Thrust, 1986-2000
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 The Wider Context: White Goods, Brown Sahibs
  • The Rise of India's Consumer Society
  • 7.3 Interests and Interventions: The American Dream
  • 7.4 What Happened? The Emergence of the Majors
  • 7.5 Conclusions
  • 8 Passage to India: The Giants in the Land of the Majors, 2000-10
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 The Wider Context: Amongst the Believers
  • The Capitalist Conversion of India
  • 8.3 Interests and Interventions: Software as Soft Power
  • The Rise of NASSCOM
  • 8.4 What Happened? From Big Dream to Major Nightmare
  • 8.5 Conclusions
  • Part 3 The Analysis
  • 9 The Indian Mutiny: From Potential IT Superpower to Back Office of the World
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 In India but Not of India: The Software Industry in 2020
  • 9.3 Poacher as Gamekeeper: Explaining the State's Inaction
  • 9.4 Never Mind the Buzzwords: A New Agenda
  • 9.5 Conclusions
  • 10 Lessons and Warnings: What Does IT Mean?
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Don't Believe the Hype: The Role of IT in Development
  • 10.3 Beyond Good and Evil: The Role of the State in Development
  • 10.4 Golden Calf or Trojan Horse? The Role of the Software Industry in the Indian Economy
  • 11 Conclusion: Of Compradors and Useful Idiots.

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