When Transnational Civil Network Meets Local Context: An Exploratory Hyperlink Network Analysis of Northern/Southern NGOs' Virtual Network in China

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-60

  Yang, Aimei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Global Civil Society; NGOs; Social Network Analysis; Structural Hole Theory; Transnational Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873639164     PISSN: 17513057     EISSN: 17513065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2012.719632     Document Type: Article

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