• ISBN13: 9788126928002
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: N/A
• Publication Date: June 15, 2020
• Pages: 272
• Original Price: INR 895.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 420 grams

The book looks into the political economy dynamics of policy shifts in India’s computer software industry. To explain the growth trajectory, the critical role of state and corporate players and the alliance between the two has been taken into account. The explanations are in conjunction with the frameworks provided by theories of comparative political economy that seek to situate policy and institutional change within the broader context of state-society networking. The central argument that emerge from the discussions is that the software and IT policies are an outcome of a close-knit, corporatist interaction between state and private sector but one in which the state plays the lead role.
Book Endorsements
This volume offers a comprehensive analysis of the software and computer industry. It also examines in detail the role of government policies, the interaction between shifts in technology commercialisation and its political influence. An excellent summary of the technology growth story that has broadened the opportunities for many industries in India.
Prof. Vidhu Verma
Centre for Political Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
This well-written book based on extensive research tells the story of the development of India’s software and services industry against the backdrop of globalization. Following a political economy approach it clearly shows how software and IT policies are an outcome of corporatist interaction between the state and the private sector. It is the first-of-its-kind study of institutional change that has supported technocratic growth by analysing institutional innovations like STP, TRAI, and Cyber security regime and the IT ministry and will be of interest to scholars, bureaucrats and lay readers.
Prof. Sudha Pai
Centre for Political Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
This is an important book in a neglected area the political economy of India’s industrial reforms. The Indian economy has transformed itself and this process has much to do with politics and institutional change. Few authors have attempted to address this issue as Siddhartha Mukerji has.
Prof. Rahul Mukherji
Head, Department of Political Science
South Asia Institute
Heidelberg University, Germany

Siddhartha Mukerji is teaching at the Department of Political Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow as Assistant Professor. He has been a Baden-Wurttemberg Fellow at the Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany. After doing schooling from the famous Scindia School, Gwalior, he proceeded to pursue his graduation from Delhi University and then master’s, M.Phil and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Siddhartha has published with reputed journals like Studies in Indian Politics (Sage), Journal of Indian School of Political Economy and Indian Journal of Public Administration (Sage). He has visited world-renowned institutions like London School of Economics and Political Science, King’s College London and Heidelberg University for presenting papers in their international conferences and colloquiums.