Dot.compradors: Power and Policy in the Development of the Indian Software Industry (Political Economy and Development (Hardcover)) - Hardcover

Saraswati, Jyoti

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745332668 ISBN 13: 9780745332666

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2012

Synopsis

"India Shining" has become the brand name for a new India presented in Bollywood films, advertisements, and books. A key part of this image is the software industry, held up as the symbol of prosperity and post-modernity.

Opening with a primer on the Seven Leading Myths about the Indian IT Industry, Dot.compradors reveals the darker reality behind "India Shining," providing a history of the industry from the 1970s to the present day. Jyoti Saraswati punctures the myth of a free-market industry by showing the role of state intervention, and shows how vested interests and elite corruption have shaped, and continue to shape, one of the world's most dynamic sectors. 

Both a detailed case study and a wider consideration of development issues, Dot.compradors argues that the software industry is a substantial obstacle to a broader-based, more egalitarian form of development in India.

About this title

About the Author

Jyoti Saraswati teaches in the Business and Political Economy Program at the Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU). He is an economist by training, with special interest in the political economy of development in Asia. He has previously taught at Oxford University and the University of London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745332668
• ISBN 13: 9780745332666
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160