Indovation: Innovation and a Global Knowledge Economy in India 2013 Edition Contributor(s): Birtchnell, T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1137027401 ISBN-13: 9781137027405 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Regional Planning - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries |
Dewey: 338.064 |
LCCN: 2013014598 |
Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (0.95 lbs) 218 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: How should we understand the many reports that poverty is the mother of innovation in India? What has the role of austerity been in the development of India's knowledge economy? In this critical study of Indian innovation, or 'Indovation', Thomas Birtchnell explores how the complex mobilities of 'globals' with stakes in India have transformed discourses and imaginaries about innovation in the region. He adopts a critical eye to the notion of Indovation by focusing on the various circuits of globals where India's knowledge economy is concentrated: expertise, entrepreneurship and community. Birtchnell traces the various discourses and counter-discourses around an Indian way of working and illustrates how differences in the international dimensions of austerity allow India's knowledge economy to prosper. |