The field of information policy: I. Fundamental concepts

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 261-275

  Browne, Mairéad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION POLICY; PARADIGM CRITICAL APPROACHES;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0030719365     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016555159702300401     Document Type: Article

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