How the development of ICTs affects ICTs for development: Social contestation in the shaping of standards for the information age

Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-301

  Parthasarathy, Balaji ^a   Srinivasan, Janaki ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 58149280265     PISSN: 09717218     EISSN: 09730796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097172180801300206     Document Type: Article

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