{"product_id":"dotcompradors-power-and-policy-in-the-development-of-the-indian-software-industry-iippe-9780745332659","title":"DOTCOMPRADORS POWER AND POLICY IN THE DEVELOPMENT","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy the celebrated Indian IT industry is an obstacle to an egalitarian form of development in India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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\u003cbr\u003e'A very important intervention. Saraswati's book fills a very important gap in the existing literature' -- Chirashree Das Gupta, Associate Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi\u003cbr\u003e'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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e  Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e  A Note on the Terminology\u003cbr\u003e  Glossary\u003cbr\u003e  List of Figures\u003cbr\u003e  A Primer: the Seven Leading Myths about the Indian IT Industry\u003cbr\u003e  1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  Part I: The Context\u003cbr\u003e  2. The Global Software Services Industry: An Overview\u003cbr\u003e  3. The Development of the Software Industry in India: Existing Explanations and their Shortcomings\u003cbr\u003e  4. The Political Economy of State Intervention and Industrial Transformation: An Analytical Framework\u003cbr\u003e  Part II: The Development of the Indian IT Industry \u003cbr\u003e  5. IT Started with a War\u003cbr\u003e  6. Catalytic Corruption: The Domestic Software Services Boom, 1978-1986\u003cbr\u003e  7. Manna from Heaven: Satellites, Optic Fibres and the Export Thrust, 1986-2000\u003cbr\u003e  8. Passage to India: The Giants in the Land of the Majors, 2000-2010\u003cbr\u003e  Part III: The Analysis \u003cbr\u003e  9. The Indian Mutiny: From Potential IT Superpower to Back Office of the World\u003cbr\u003e  10. Lessons from the Lies: What Does IT Mean?\u003cbr\u003e  11. Conclusion: Of Compradors and Useful Idiots\u003cbr\u003e  Notes\u003cbr\u003e  Appendices\u003cbr\u003e  Index","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404303540567,"sku":"9780745332659","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dotcompradors-power-and-policy-in-the-development-of-the-indian-software-industry-iippe-9780745332659","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}