The Political Lives of Information Information and the Production of Development in India

• Main Author: Srinivasan, Janaki (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2022
• Series: Information Society Series
• Subjects: Political structure & processes; Asian history; Central government policies; Politics of information; Right to Information RTI campaign; price information; informational determinism; information orders; information kiosks; India
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

How the definition, production, and leveraging of information are shaped by caste, class, and gender, and the implications for development. Information, says Janaki Srinivasan, has fundamentally reshaped development discourse and practice. In this study, she examines the history of the idea of "...