Imagining india: Software and the ideology of liberalisation

South African Review of Sociology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-93

  Upadhya, Carol ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Global city; Ideology; Indian capitalist class; Liberalisation; Resistance; Software industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950770219     PISSN: 21528586     EISSN: 20721978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2009.10425101     Document Type: Article

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