The affordances of actor network theory in ICT for development research

Information Technology and People

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 352-374

  Andrade, Antonio Díaz ^a   Urquhart, Cathy ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Community development; Developing countries; Networking; Peru; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149381432     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593841011087806     Document Type: Article

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