The relevance of understanding code to international political economy

International Politics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 277-296

  Berry, David M ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

code; international political economy; open source; software; software studies; source code

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84857340123     PISSN: 13845748     EISSN: 17403898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ip.2011.37     Document Type: Article

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