The information have-less: Inequality, mobility, and translocal networks in Chinese cities

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 9-34

  Cartier, Carolyn ^a   Castells, Manuel ^a,b,c   Qiu, Jack Linchuan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MIGRANT WORKER; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 30444450897     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02686292     Document Type: Article

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