Dot.compradors : power and policy in the development of the Indian software industry /
Why the celebrated Indian IT industry is an obstacle to an egalitarian form of development in India.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Pluto Press,
2012.
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Colección: | Political economy and development.
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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.