Book/Printed Material The political lives of information : information and the production of development in India

Title

• The political lives of information : information and the production of development in India

Summary

• "This book critiques what the author sees as a growing global cult of information through three case studies examining Indian anti-poverty initiatives"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

• Janaki Srinivasan, author

Created / Published

• Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]

Contents

• The Power of Information -- Of Frameworks, Methods and Sites -- Framing Information: Origins and Conceptions -- Politics Denied: Constructing Efficient Markets with Mobile Phones and Price Information -- Politics Bracketed: Crafting Informed Citizens at Village Information Centers -- Politics Made Explicit: Creating an Accountable State with Right to Information Campaigns -- Understanding Information with Information Orders -- The Political Lives of Information.

Headings

• -  Economic assistance, Domestic--India--Case studies
• -  Economic development projects--India--Case studies
• -  Information resources--India--Case studies

Notes

• -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
• -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

• HC440.P63

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2021061988

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021061988

Rights Advisory

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode External

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021061988

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