Shaping the architecture of the U.S. information and communication technology architecture: A political economic analysis

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 105-125

  Cowhey, Peter F ^a   Aronson, Jonathan D ^b   Richards, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computing intelligence; Decentralization; Electoral institutions; Federalism; Technological trajectories

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DECENTRALIZATION; FEDERAL SYSTEM; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERNET; MONOPOLY; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61649105064     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2008.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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