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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298183003321

Autore

Dutta Dilip

Titolo

Development under Dualism and Digital Divide in Twenty-First Century India / / by Dilip Dutta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

981-10-6344-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXV, 211 p. 8 illus. in color.)

Collana

Dynamics of Asian Development, , 2198-9923

Disciplina

650

658.05

Soggetti

Information technology

Business—Data processing

Globalization

Markets

Development economics

IT in Business

Emerging Markets/Globalization

Development Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Development Dynamics in Two Dualistic Societies of Asia -- Chapter 2. Development in Modern India with Structural Dualism (1947-80) -- Chapter 3. Economic Liberalisation and Structural Dualism (1980-2017) -- Chapter 4. Role of Social Sector Development (1980-2017) -- Chapter 5. Development under Digital Divide in India -- Chapter 6. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

After first analysing the economic development processes of emerging Asian economies in general, this book explores the development implications of India’s seventy years (1947-2017) of socio-economic policy regimes. It discusses structural dualism and the digital divide, which it identifies as the major socio-economic structural elements of the Indian economy, along with the external forces of globalisation. Since the adoption of comprehensive economic reforms in 1991, India has been liberalising its economy, due in part to the rising pressures of



globalisation. However, critics have argued that Indian liberalisation policy has aggravated unemployment, regional inequality and poverty, and also increased India’s external vulnerability.  This book tests the validity of these arguments, and provides readers a deeper understanding of the structural and institutional elements of the articulation of Indian society. It also examines the paradoxical political and economic effects of the information and communication (ICT) industry in India, due to the economic disparities between the beneficiaries of the ICT windfall and those unable to reap those benefits. Lastly, by investigating the integration of key traditional sectors into modern sectors, the book provides policy suggestions for tackling the sectoral and segmental disarticulation that currently characterises Indian society.