'Laying a foundation of fact': Fabianism and the information society thesis

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 515-536

  Duff, Alistair S ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fabian Society; Information policy; Internationalism; Postindustrialism; Social democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747757617     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180600858754     Document Type: Review

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