Identifying temporary andpermanent gaps in universal service

Information Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-126

  Schement, Jorge Reina ^a   Forbes, Scott C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Historic trends; Information technology; Participation; Telephone penetration; Universal service

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034343514     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240050032870     Document Type: Article

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