Information technology adoption and political regimes

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 911-933

  Corrales, Javier ^a   Westhoff, Frank ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; LIBERALIZATION; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 33750798363     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2006.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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