Technology movements and the politics of free/open source software

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-233

  McInerney, Paul Brian ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Association; Free open source software; Politics; Social movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849118245     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243907309852     Document Type: Article

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