Social capital, quality of life and ICTs

Information and Communication Technologies in Society: E-Living in a Digital Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 163-174

  Anderson, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84917344146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203968239     Document Type: Chapter

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