The Palestinian Hidden Transcript: Domination, Resistance and the Role of ICTs in Achieving Freedoms

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Lunat, Ziyaad ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052836176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2009.tb00256.x     Document Type: Article

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