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Dilip Subramanian, Telecommunication Industry in India. State, Business and Labour in a Globa Economy, New Delhi: Social Sciences Press, 2010.“Telecommunications Industry in India represents the first comprehensive study of a state-run enterprise in the telecommunications industry. The study traces over a period of half a century (1948-2009) the growth and decline of Indian Telephone Industries (ITI). At the heart of the monograph stands one central interrogation: How does the socio-technical system of production in a state-controlled firm shape the relations linking the four main actors: the state, management, union and workers?The original contribution of this book lies in combining business history and labour history within a single conceptual framework. The author evaluates the broader conclusions about the telecommunications industry and public sector through the lens of an individual firm to arrive at a more nuanced understanding of the dynamics of change in the globalizing Indian economy.The work is well in command of the literature on the global business history counterparts of ITI in the telecommunications industry. It is further strengthened by the use of French material on the subject which is now accessible for the first time in English.”Dilip Subramanian is Associate Professor at the Reims Management School and is affiliated to the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.ContentsIntroductionChapter 1. The Construction of a MonopolyChapter 2. The History and Politics of Technological ChangeChapter 3. The Burden of Monopoly and State RegulationChapter 4. The Advent of Competition: Fallout of Global Telecommunications DeregulationChapter 5. Market Forces in Full Play: Management Gains or Losses for Labour?Chapter 6. Spheres of Practice: An Ethnography of Printed Circuit Board Assembly WorkChapter 7. Workers and Independent UnionismChapter 8. Rank-and-File Challenge to Union and Management AuthorityChapter 9. Passions of Language and CasteConclusionEpilogueIndexBook Reviews:David Picherit, « Dilip Subramanian, Telecommunications Industry in India: State, Business and Labour in a Global Economy », South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal [Online], Book Reviews , Online since 11 octobre 2011, Connection on 16 décembre 2011. URL : http://samaj.revues.org/index3146.htmlDjallal Heuzé, « Inde : l’agonie des télécoms », La Vie des idées, 13 juillet 2011. ISSN : 2105-3030. URL : http://www.laviedesidees.fr/Inde-l-agonie-des-telecoms.html&#160;