Govindan Parayil
Biographic Data
| ID | 629033 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Govindan Parayil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Govindan |
| FAMILY NAME | Parayil |
| SIGNATURE | PARAYIL G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Illinois Institute of Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Status of development, regulation and adoption of GM agriculture in Africa: Views and positions of stakeholder groups
Analysis of open source biotechnology in developing countries: An emerging framework for sustainable agriculture
Managing the transition to sustainability in an emerging economy: Evaluating green growth policies in Indonesia
Bridging the Social and Digital Divides in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala: A Capabilities Approach
Combining empirical evidence with Amartya Sen's concept of capabilities, this article argues that the digital divide is not merely a problem of access to ICTs. It is part of a larger developmental problem in which vast sections of the world's population are deprived of the capabilities to use ICTs, acquire information and convert information into useful knowledge. Fieldwork research including sample surveys conducted in rural locations in Kerala …
Political Economy and Information Capitalism in India
In this theoretically and empirically engaging volume, the contributors demonstrate that despite the dynamism of India's software industry and the rhetorical flourishes of industry leaders, at present
Introduction: Information Capitalism
The far-reaching social, economic and political changes due to recent advances in information and communications technologies (ICTs) in tandem with the globalisation of trade, investment, production and consumption have heralded the rise of 'information capitalism', or 'knowledge capitalism'. Information capitalism is referred to as the economic logic of post-industrialism that posits a rupture in the articulation of industrial capitalism, which …
More than electronic toll booths: Singapore’s electronic road pricing innovation
This paper explores the dynamics of the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) innovation in Singapore, tracing its implementation to subsequent diffusion to delineate the links between technology and society. The ERP system, introduced in 1998, is an elaborate and sophisticated toll collecting system using ICTs to regulate road usage. We use the actor–network theory (ANT) as a conceptual tool to analyse the dynamics of this innovation. Through a detailed…
The Digital Divide and Increasing Returns: Contradictions of Informational Capitalism
The far-reaching advances in information and communications technologies (ICTs) in tandem with the globalization of trade, investment, business regulation, production, and consumption have signaled the rise of "informational capitalism." This article reflects on the social and economic inequalities of informational capitalism by examining two contradictions of ICTs-led economic development—increasing returns and the digital divide. Two main and i…
Kerala's experience of development and change
Scholars have variously described the development experience of the Indian state of Kerala as a “model” or a “paradox” or an “enigma” and posited different meanings and significance to its developmental trajectory. Rather than following the usual one-dimensional accounting of Kerala's achievements and shortcomings, we present a historically informed social and political analysis to reveal the meaning and significance of the “Kerala model” of deve…
Contentions and contradictions of tourism as development option: The case of Kerala, India
Although the state of Kerala in India has been regarded as a 'model of development', its achievements may be unravelling thanks to a host of internal and external problems. The government and the bureaucracy now project tourism as 'an engine of growth'--an excellent source of foreign exchange and employment--to revive the local economy. Opposition to large-scale tourism projects by environmental and labour activists is often dealt with through un…
Democracy at work in Kerala, India
Although an exact measure of the human suffering from the spectacular crash and meltdown of the economies and financial markets of Southeast and North Asian countries is not available yet, early reports indicate that tens of millions of people have been pushed below the poverty line because of the loss of millions of jobs in the manufacturing and service sectors in countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, the Philippines, and Malaysia.…
The "Revealing" and "Concealing" of Technology
Pasture-led to logging-led deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Practical reflexivity as a heuristic for theorizing technological change
The 'Kerala model' of development: Development and sustainability in the Third World
The Indian state of Kerala with a population of 29 million has made the transition to a society with low infant mortality rate, low population growth, and a low crude death rate in less than 30 years. The average life expectancy for women is 74 years (vs. 60 years for India as a whole) and 71 years for men (vs. 59 years for India), the infant mortality rate is 16.5/1000 live births (vs. 91/1000 for India), and literacy is almost universal. The po…
Models of technological change: A critical review of current knowledge
L'A. presente un apercu general et une critique de modeles courants de changements technologiques, et enquete dans des disciplines aussi variees que l'economie, l'histoire, la sociologie et l'evolution des technologies
Social movements, technology and development: A query and an instructive case from the Third World
The Green Revolution in India: A Case Study of Technological Change
The term is generally taken to mean the increase in cereal productivity experienced in some Third World countries as a result of the change in agricultural technology during the 1960s and 1970s.' In this article, my objective is to reconstruct the history of the Green Revolution in India, highlighting the processes of technology transfer and diffusion of knowledge and the institutionalization of a successful agricultural research system. It is an…
Technology as Knowledge: An Empirical Affirmation
Using the Green Revolution in Indian agriculture as the empirical basis, this article argues for the epistemic significance of technology as a form of knowledge. The concept of technology as knowledge evolved out of the interactive model of the relationship between science and technology. The Green Revolution is generally referred to as the change in agricultural practice experienced in parts of the Third World in recent decades as a result of th…
Technological knowledge and technological change
The 'Kerala model' of development: Development and sustainability in the Third World
The Indian state of Kerala with a population of 29 million has made the transition to a society with low infant mortality rate, low population growth, and a low crude death rate in less than 30 years. The average life expectancy for women is 74 years (vs. 60 years for India as a whole) and 71 years for men (vs. 59 years for India), the infant mortality rate is 16.5/1000 live births (vs. 91/1000 for India), and literacy is almost universal. The po…
The Digital Divide and Increasing Returns: Contradictions of Informational Capitalism
The far-reaching advances in information and communications technologies (ICTs) in tandem with the globalization of trade, investment, business regulation, production, and consumption have signaled the rise of "informational capitalism." This article reflects on the social and economic inequalities of informational capitalism by examining two contradictions of ICTs-led economic development—increasing returns and the digital divide. Two main and i…
Kerala's experience of development and change
Scholars have variously described the development experience of the Indian state of Kerala as a “model” or a “paradox” or an “enigma” and posited different meanings and significance to its developmental trajectory. Rather than following the usual one-dimensional accounting of Kerala's achievements and shortcomings, we present a historically informed social and political analysis to reveal the meaning and significance of the “Kerala model” of deve…
The Green Revolution in India: A Case Study of Technological Change
The term is generally taken to mean the increase in cereal productivity experienced in some Third World countries as a result of the change in agricultural technology during the 1960s and 1970s.' In this article, my objective is to reconstruct the history of the Green Revolution in India, highlighting the processes of technology transfer and diffusion of knowledge and the institutionalization of a successful agricultural research system. It is an…
Contentions and contradictions of tourism as development option: The case of Kerala, India
Although the state of Kerala in India has been regarded as a 'model of development', its achievements may be unravelling thanks to a host of internal and external problems. The government and the bureaucracy now project tourism as 'an engine of growth'--an excellent source of foreign exchange and employment--to revive the local economy. Opposition to large-scale tourism projects by environmental and labour activists is often dealt with through un…
Technological knowledge and technological change
Managing the transition to sustainability in an emerging economy: Evaluating green growth policies in Indonesia
Status of development, regulation and adoption of GM agriculture in Africa: Views and positions of stakeholder groups
Analysis of open source biotechnology in developing countries: An emerging framework for sustainable agriculture
Pasture-led to logging-led deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Practical reflexivity as a heuristic for theorizing technological change
Technology as Knowledge: An Empirical Affirmation
Using the Green Revolution in Indian agriculture as the empirical basis, this article argues for the epistemic significance of technology as a form of knowledge. The concept of technology as knowledge evolved out of the interactive model of the relationship between science and technology. The Green Revolution is generally referred to as the change in agricultural practice experienced in parts of the Third World in recent decades as a result of th…
Bridging the Social and Digital Divides in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala: A Capabilities Approach
Combining empirical evidence with Amartya Sen's concept of capabilities, this article argues that the digital divide is not merely a problem of access to ICTs. It is part of a larger developmental problem in which vast sections of the world's population are deprived of the capabilities to use ICTs, acquire information and convert information into useful knowledge. Fieldwork research including sample surveys conducted in rural locations in Kerala …
Technology as Knowledge: An Empirical Affirmation
Using the Green Revolution in Indian agriculture as the empirical basis, this article argues for the epistemic significance of technology as a form of knowledge. The concept of technology as knowledge evolved out of the interactive model of the relationship between science and technology. The Green Revolution is generally referred to as the change in agricultural practice experienced in parts of the Third World in recent decades as a result of th…
Technological knowledge and technological change
Social movements, technology and development: A query and an instructive case from the Third World
The Green Revolution in India: A Case Study of Technological Change
The term is generally taken to mean the increase in cereal productivity experienced in some Third World countries as a result of the change in agricultural technology during the 1960s and 1970s.' In this article, my objective is to reconstruct the history of the Green Revolution in India, highlighting the processes of technology transfer and diffusion of knowledge and the institutionalization of a successful agricultural research system. It is an…
Models of technological change: A critical review of current knowledge
L'A. presente un apercu general et une critique de modeles courants de changements technologiques, et enquete dans des disciplines aussi variees que l'economie, l'histoire, la sociologie et l'evolution des technologies
The 'Kerala model' of development: Development and sustainability in the Third World
The Indian state of Kerala with a population of 29 million has made the transition to a society with low infant mortality rate, low population growth, and a low crude death rate in less than 30 years. The average life expectancy for women is 74 years (vs. 60 years for India as a whole) and 71 years for men (vs. 59 years for India), the infant mortality rate is 16.5/1000 live births (vs. 91/1000 for India), and literacy is almost universal. The po…
Practical reflexivity as a heuristic for theorizing technological change
The "Revealing" and "Concealing" of Technology
Pasture-led to logging-led deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Democracy at work in Kerala, India
Although an exact measure of the human suffering from the spectacular crash and meltdown of the economies and financial markets of Southeast and North Asian countries is not available yet, early reports indicate that tens of millions of people have been pushed below the poverty line because of the loss of millions of jobs in the manufacturing and service sectors in countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, the Philippines, and Malaysia.…
Contentions and contradictions of tourism as development option: The case of Kerala, India
Although the state of Kerala in India has been regarded as a 'model of development', its achievements may be unravelling thanks to a host of internal and external problems. The government and the bureaucracy now project tourism as 'an engine of growth'--an excellent source of foreign exchange and employment--to revive the local economy. Opposition to large-scale tourism projects by environmental and labour activists is often dealt with through un…
Kerala's experience of development and change
Scholars have variously described the development experience of the Indian state of Kerala as a “model” or a “paradox” or an “enigma” and posited different meanings and significance to its developmental trajectory. Rather than following the usual one-dimensional accounting of Kerala's achievements and shortcomings, we present a historically informed social and political analysis to reveal the meaning and significance of the “Kerala model” of deve…
Political Economy and Information Capitalism in India
In this theoretically and empirically engaging volume, the contributors demonstrate that despite the dynamism of India's software industry and the rhetorical flourishes of industry leaders, at present
Introduction: Information Capitalism
The far-reaching social, economic and political changes due to recent advances in information and communications technologies (ICTs) in tandem with the globalisation of trade, investment, production and consumption have heralded the rise of 'information capitalism', or 'knowledge capitalism'. Information capitalism is referred to as the economic logic of post-industrialism that posits a rupture in the articulation of industrial capitalism, which …
More than electronic toll booths: Singapore’s electronic road pricing innovation
This paper explores the dynamics of the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) innovation in Singapore, tracing its implementation to subsequent diffusion to delineate the links between technology and society. The ERP system, introduced in 1998, is an elaborate and sophisticated toll collecting system using ICTs to regulate road usage. We use the actor–network theory (ANT) as a conceptual tool to analyse the dynamics of this innovation. Through a detailed…
The Digital Divide and Increasing Returns: Contradictions of Informational Capitalism
The far-reaching advances in information and communications technologies (ICTs) in tandem with the globalization of trade, investment, business regulation, production, and consumption have signaled the rise of "informational capitalism." This article reflects on the social and economic inequalities of informational capitalism by examining two contradictions of ICTs-led economic development—increasing returns and the digital divide. Two main and i…
Bridging the Social and Digital Divides in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala: A Capabilities Approach
Combining empirical evidence with Amartya Sen's concept of capabilities, this article argues that the digital divide is not merely a problem of access to ICTs. It is part of a larger developmental problem in which vast sections of the world's population are deprived of the capabilities to use ICTs, acquire information and convert information into useful knowledge. Fieldwork research including sample surveys conducted in rural locations in Kerala …
Managing the transition to sustainability in an emerging economy: Evaluating green growth policies in Indonesia
Analysis of open source biotechnology in developing countries: An emerging framework for sustainable agriculture
Status of development, regulation and adoption of GM agriculture in Africa: Views and positions of stakeholder groups
Economics (17 works) · Political science (14 works) · Economic growth (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Geography (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Agriculture (6 works) · Indian Economic and Social Development (6 works) · Political economy (6 works)