Community in cyberspace: Gender, social movement learning, and the Internet

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 262-278

  Irving, Catherine J ^a   English, Leona M ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

community engagement; feminism; information technology; nonprofit organizations; social movement learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960124352     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: 15523047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713610380448     Document Type: Article

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