Pandey, P. and Zheng, Y 2020. Power, Technology and Empowerment: A Case Study of Community Health Workers in India. in: Bandi R.K., C. R. R., Klein S., Madon S. and Monteiro E. (ed.) The Future of Digital Work: The Challenge of Inequality Springer.
| Chapter title | Power, Technology and Empowerment: A Case Study of Community Health Workers in India |
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| Authors | Pandey, P. and Zheng, Y |
| Editors | Bandi R.K., C. R. R., Klein S., Madon S. and Monteiro E. |
| Abstract | This paper addresses the importance of using a power perspective to understand the social impact of technology in society. We use the Foucauldian concept of technologies-of-the-self to highlight the dialectical relationship between dominating structures of power and the individual capabilities of human actors, as mediated through technology, within a given context. This is done by studying the use of an mHealth intervention by health workers within a PHC (primary health care) centre in India. The study generates theoretical implications for understanding the processes of empowerment through technology within a developing country context. |
| Book title | The Future of Digital Work: The Challenge of Inequality |
| Year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | 03 Dec 2020 |
| ISBN | 9783030646967 |
| 9783030646974 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64697-4_13 |
| Web address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-64697-4_13 |