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  • Dot.compradors

    Power and Policy in the Development of the Indian Software Industry

    door Jyoti Saraswati ...
    Serie series IIPPE
    'India Shining' has become the brand name for a new India presented in Bollywood films, adverts and books. A key part of this image is the software industry, held up as the symbol of prosperity and post-modernity.Dot.compradors reveals the darker reality behind 'India Shining', providing a history of the industry from the 1970s to the present. Jyoti Saraswati punctures the myth of a free-market ... Meer lezen

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  • The Global Hunger Crisis

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  • Transnational Civil Society and the World Bank

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  • Assembling for Development

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