Dot.compradors
Power and Policy in the Development of the Indian Software Industry
Business & Finance, Industries & Professions, Industries, Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Reference
| Author: | Jyoti Saraswati | ISBN: | 9781849647359 |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press | Publication: | July 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Pluto Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jyoti Saraswati |
| ISBN: | 9781849647359 |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press |
| Publication: | July 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Pluto Press |
| Language: | English |
'India Shining' has become the brand name for a new India presented in Bollywood films, adverts and books. A key part of this image is the software industry, held up as the symbol of prosperity and post-modernity.*BR**BR*Dot.compradors reveals the darker reality behind 'India Shining', providing a history of the industry from the 1970s to the present. Jyoti Saraswati punctures the myth of a free-market industry by revealing the role of state intervention and how vested interests and elite corruption have shaped, and continue to shape, one of the world’s most dynamic sectors. *BR**BR*Saraswati argues that the interests attached to the software industry and the policies they are pursuing are both an impediment to the growth of local software firms and to a broader-based, more egalitarian form of development in India.*BR*
'India Shining' has become the brand name for a new India presented in Bollywood films, adverts and books. A key part of this image is the software industry, held up as the symbol of prosperity and post-modernity.*BR**BR*Dot.compradors reveals the darker reality behind 'India Shining', providing a history of the industry from the 1970s to the present. Jyoti Saraswati punctures the myth of a free-market industry by revealing the role of state intervention and how vested interests and elite corruption have shaped, and continue to shape, one of the world’s most dynamic sectors. *BR**BR*Saraswati argues that the interests attached to the software industry and the policies they are pursuing are both an impediment to the growth of local software firms and to a broader-based, more egalitarian form of development in India.*BR*
