Civil society and the internet in Japan

Civil Society and the Internet in Japan

Volumn 9780203964316, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-191

  Ducke, Isa ^a  

^a German Institute for Japanese Studies   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CASE-STUDIES; CIVIL SOCIETY; INTERNET TOOLS; INTERNET USE;

INTERNET;

EID: 84916970595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203964316     Document Type: Book

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