OUR DIGITAL FUTURES: POLICIES FOR BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY IN REMOTE AND RURAL COMMUNITIES OF IRELAND AND SCOTLAND

Scottish Affairs

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-30

  Skerratt, Sarah ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84881246310     PISSN: 09660356     EISSN: 2053888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/scot.2005.0054     Document Type: Article

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