'Sites' of resistance: Alternative websites and state-society relations

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 127-148

  Ho, K C ^a   Baber, Zaheer ^b   Khondker, Habibul ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Internet; Politics; Religion; Sexuality; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; POLITICS; RELIGION; SEXUALITY; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ECONOMICS; HUMANS; INTERNET; POLITICS; RELIGION; SEXUALITY; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 0036518643     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071310120109366     Document Type: Article

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