Theorizing ICTs in the Arab world: Informational capitalism and the public sphere

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1131-1153

  Murphy, Emma C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; AUTONOMY; CAPITALISM; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; SURVEY;

EID: 71649094117     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2009.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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