Utopianism and national competitiveness in technology rhetoric: The case of japan’s information infrastructure

Information Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-272

  West, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial competitiveness; Information infrastructure; Japan technology policy; Telecommunications; Utopianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030524490     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019722496129459     Document Type: Article

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