Xiang Global "Body Shopping"

An Indian Labor System in the Information Technology Industry
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3633-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Reihe: In-Formation

Xiang Biao is Academic Fellow at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology and the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford. He is the author of Transcending Boundaries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Xiang, Biao

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technologie: Soziale & Ethische Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations, Tables, Boxes vii

Acronyms ix

Prologue: A Stranger's Adventure xiii

Acknowledgments xxi

Introduction 1

Body Shopping: Brief Overview 4

Ethnicization, Individualization, and Transnationalization 7

Structure of the Book 11

Chapter 1 The Global Niche for Body Shopping 13

"Financial Democracy" and the Virtual Shortage of IT Labor 14

War for IT Talent and Wall of Regulation 19

Chapter 2: Producing "IT People" in Andhra 24

"D-Shops" and "T-Shops" 26

"Have Lands in Andhra, Have a House in Hyderabad, and Have a Job in America" 30

Producing IT People as a Family Business 34

Chapter 3: Selling "Bodies" and Selling Jobs 39

Fee-Paying Workers and Body Shops in Hyderabad 43

India as the Nexus of Global Body Shopping 48

Chapter 4: Business of "Branded Labor" in Sydney 53

"Marketing and Development Are Totally Different Stories" 57

"Only Indians Can Handle Indians" 59

Overlapping Businesses 62

Same Roof, Different Hats 65

Chapter 5: Agent Chains and Benching 70

Differentiated Circles 75

"Indians Are the Most Dangerous Ones!" 77

Overbooking Seats on the Bench 80

Chapter 6: Compliant Bodies? 82

Interlocks between Body Shops and Community Associations 86

Workers as Intermediaries 90

Relations among Workers: Support Yes, Solidarity No 92

The Way Out 97

Chapter 7: The World System of Body Shopping 100

The United States of America: "Mecca for IT People" 102

Global Gateways: Singapore, Malaysia, and the Middle East 104

U.S. Satellites: The Caribbean and Latin America 107

New Frontiers: "Sind Sie Inder?" and "Is There a German Dream?" 108

Ending Remarks The "Indian Triangle" in the Global IT Industry 110

Appendix: Essay The Remembered Fieldwork Sites: Impressions and Images 117

Biographical Index of Informants 129

Notes 149

References 167

Index 173

Über Autor(innen)

Xiang Biao is Academic Fellow at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology and the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford. He is the author of Transcending Boundaries.