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OverviewThe march towards a 'new India' began with its entry onto the global stage as a rising economic power, impelled by liberalization policies and the forces of globalization. The success of Indias information technology (IT) industry symbolizes these larger developments, yet we lack a critical understanding of the wider social and cultural reverberations of this phenomenon. Reengineering India explores India's post-liberalization transformation through the lens of the software industry. This book views the IT industry as a key site where new identities, aspirations, and social imaginaries are being created and circulated. It examines the origins and organization of software capital, the production of the Indian IT workforce, the introduction of new forms of work and management, and the connections between software and the new middle class. The author argues that the software industry has been central to India's post-liberalization refashioning, yet it remains deeply embedded in older structures of inequality and modes of accumulation. An anthropological account of the relationship between work, class, capital, and culture in Indias new economy, this book is essential reading for thinking about the future of the post-IT revolution nation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Carol Upadhya (, Professor in the School of Social Sciences, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru, India.)Publisher: OUP India Imprint: OUP India Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 22.40cm Weight: 0.532kg ISBN: 9780199461486ISBN 10: 0199461481 Pages: 359 Publication Date: 07 July 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Software Capital and the New India; 2. Compiling the Indian IT Workforce; 3. In the Software Factory; 4. Soft Capitalism Comes to India; 5. Encultured Identities, Cultivated Selves; 6. Codes of Class; Conclusion: Whatas New about the aNew Indiaa?; References; Index; About the AuthorReviewsReengineering India's detailed scrutiny of the many facets of life in the IT industry proves an invaluable resource for those interested in IT specifically but also those interested in globalized work-places, post-liberalization India and theories of cultural capital. * Lars Olav Aaberg, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics * Author InformationCarol Upadhya is Professor in the School of Social Sciences, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru, India. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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