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ICTs and Development in India
T.T. Sreekumar
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Description for ICTs and Development in India
Hardback. Series: India and Asia in the Global Economy. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
‘ICTs and Development in India’ is a unique attempt to study the nature and consequences of the growing presence of Information Technology in development projects in India, focusing particularly on E-governance and Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) development programs initiated by Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). Sreekumar persuasively argues that there is in fact a wide chasm between the expectations and the actual benefits of CSO initiatives in rural India, and that recognising this crucial fact yields important lessons in conceptualizing development and social action in rural areas.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Series
India and Asia in the Global Economy
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843318439
SKU
V9781843318439
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99-15
About T.T. Sreekumar
T. T. Sreekumar is Assistant Professor at the Department of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore. His research interests focus on the social impact of ICTs, the impact of mobile phones in developing countries, and the social impacts of tourism, civil society and new social movements and youth techno-culture in Asia.
Reviews for ICTs and Development in India
‘Rural India has become a model laboratory for global experiments in a new era of market-driven development communication. T. T. Sreekumar’s critical and empirically rich study of India’s emerging “rural network society” offers a much needed counter-history to the dominant techno-utopian narratives that continue to fuel both policy and scholarly discussions.’ — Paula Chakravartty, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University ... Read more