Technology and context within research on international development programs: Positioning an integrationist perspective

Communication Theory

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-77

  Houston, Renée ^a   Jackson, Michele H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 0042287830     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2003.tb00282.x     Document Type: Article

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