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Book SynopsisWhy the celebrated Indian IT industry is an obstacle to an egalitarian form of development in India
Trade Review'This important book blasts open the myths about what is seen as the Indian economy's most successful sector' -- Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
'A very important intervention. Saraswati's book fills a very important gap in the existing literature' -- Chirashree Das Gupta, Associate Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi
'Provides a more nuanced understanding of the IT sector in India while also placing the evolution of that sector in the broader context of the country's political economy. Original in its scope, well written, and engaging' -- Alessandra Mezzadri, Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgements
A Note on the Terminology
Glossary
List of Figures
A Primer: the Seven Leading Myths about the Indian IT Industry
1. Introduction
Part I: The Context
2. The Global Software Services Industry: An Overview
3. The Development of the Software Industry in India: Existing Explanations and their Shortcomings
4. The Political Economy of State Intervention and Industrial Transformation: An Analytical Framework
Part II: The Development of the Indian IT Industry
5. IT Started with a War
6. Catalytic Corruption: The Domestic Software Services Boom, 1978-1986
7. Manna from Heaven: Satellites, Optic Fibres and the Export Thrust, 1986-2000
8. Passage to India: The Giants in the Land of the Majors, 2000-2010
Part III: The Analysis
9. The Indian Mutiny: From Potential IT Superpower to Back Office of the World
10. Lessons from the Lies: What Does IT Mean?
11. Conclusion: Of Compradors and Useful Idiots
Notes
Appendices
Index
