Information technologies, meta-power, and transformations in global politics

International Studies Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-29

  Singh, J P ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECENTRALIZATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; POLITICAL REFORM;

EID: 84876132401     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/misr.12025     Document Type: Article

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