After egypt: The limits and promise of online challenges to the authoritarian Arab state

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 301-310

  Lynch, Marc ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Middle East Studies   (United States)

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EID: 79958841997     PISSN: 15375927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1537592711000910     Document Type: Article

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