Success, market, ethics: Information technology and the shifting politics of governance and citizenship in the Indian Silicon Plateau

Cultural Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-244

  Dasgupta, Simanti ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Ethics; Governance; India; Information technology; Market; Middle class; Non governmental organizations

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; ETHICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NATION STATE; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; STATE ROLE;

ASIA; BANGALORE; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 54549099398     PISSN: 09213740     EISSN: 14617048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0921374008096310     Document Type: Article

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