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Reengineering India : work, capital, and class in an offshore economy /

The title explores India's post-liberalisation transformations through an anthropological study of the software industry. It examines the origins of software capital, the shaping of the Indian IT workforce, the new management practices and forms of work introduced in IT workspaces, and the conn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Upadhya, Carol, 1956- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Computer software industry > Economic aspects > India.
Information technology > Economic aspects > India.
Middle class > Employment > India.
Logiciels > Industrie > Aspect économique > Inde.
Technologie de l'information > Aspect économique > Inde.
Computer software industry > Economic aspects
Information technology > Economic aspects
India
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The title explores India's post-liberalisation transformations through an anthropological study of the software industry. It examines the origins of software capital, the shaping of the Indian IT workforce, the new management practices and forms of work introduced in IT workspaces, and the connections between IT and the middle class.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 383 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-365) and index.
ISBN:9780199087495
0199087490