Not so automatic: The contingent role of Auckland's local government in the region's information and communications technologies infrastructural development

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 693-710

  Mitchell, Phillipa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Governmentality; ICTs; Local government; Social construction; Time space; Urban

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LIBERALIZATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PRIVATIZATION; STATE ROLE; URBAN AREA;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 50349102125     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360802292504     Document Type: Article

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