The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam

The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-256

  Howard, Philip N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Democratic transition; Gender roles; Information technologies; Internet; Islamic texts; Mobile phones; Muslim community; Muslim identity; Security issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922273163     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199736416.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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