On-line with the people in line: Internet development and flexible control of the net in Vietnam

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 344-357

  Surborg, Björn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyberspace; ICTs; Internet; Political economy Vietnam; Vietnam; Vietnamese Communist Party

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; COMMUNISM; DEMOCRACY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGULATORY APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

SCAEVIUS MILII;

EID: 37349034282     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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