BITS of belonging, information technology, water and neoliberal governance in India, Simanti Dasgupta
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BITS of belonging, information technology, water and neoliberal governance in India, Simanti Dasgupta
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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index present
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non fiction
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BITS of belonging
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bibliography
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Simanti Dasgupta
Sub title
information technology, water and neoliberal governance in India
Summary
"India's global success in the Information Technology industry has also prompted the growth of neoliberalism and the re-emergence of the middle class in contemporary urban areas, such as Bangalore. In her significant study, BITS of Belonging, Simanti Dasgupta shows that this economic shift produces new forms of social inequality while reinforcing older ones. She investigates this economic disparity by looking at IT and water privatization to explain how these otherwise unrelated domains correspond to our thinking about citizenship, governance, and belonging. Dasgupta's ethnographic study shows how work and human processes in the IT industry intertwine to meet the market stipulations of the global economy. Meanwhile, in the recasting of water from a public good to a commodity, the middle class insists on a governance and citizenship model based upon market participation. Dasgupta provides a critical analysis of the grassroots activism involved in a contested water project where different classes lay their divergent claims to the city"--, Provided by publisher
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- Computer software industry + Economic aspects -- India -- Bangalore
- Bangalore (India) -- Social conditions
- Water-supply + Social aspects -- India -- Bangalore
- Information services industry + Economic aspects -- India -- Bangalore
- Computer software industry + Social aspects -- India -- Bangalore
- Political participation -- India -- Bangalore
- Social structure -- India -- Bangalore
- Neoliberalism -- India -- Bangalore
- Information services industry + Social aspects -- India -- Bangalore
- Water-supply + Economic aspects -- India -- Bangalore
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- Creator1
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- Computer software industry + Economic aspects -- India -- Bangalore
- Bangalore (India) -- Social conditions
- Water-supply + Social aspects -- India -- Bangalore
- Information services industry + Economic aspects -- India -- Bangalore
- Computer software industry + Social aspects -- India -- Bangalore
- Political participation -- India -- Bangalore
- Social structure -- India -- Bangalore
- Neoliberalism -- India -- Bangalore
- Information services industry + Social aspects -- India -- Bangalore
- Water-supply + Economic aspects -- India -- Bangalore
- Content1