Information technology, cumulative causation and patterns of globalization in the third world

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 147-162

  James, Jeffrey ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Globalization; Inequality; Information technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035580148     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290010010281     Document Type: Article

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