NGOs and the "Information Society": Grassroots advocacy at the UN - A cautionary tale

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 309-330

  Franklin, M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil society; Information and communication technologies; Key words; Media policy; Social justice; Social movements; World summit on the information society

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 35648979632     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2007.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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