Online collective action and the role of social media in mobilizing opinions: A case study on women's right-to-drive campaigns in Saudi Arabia

Web 2.0 Technologies and Democratic Governance: Political, Policy and Management Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 99-123

  Agarwal, Nitin ^a   Lim, Merlyna ^b   Wigand, Rolf T ^a  

^a University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85016240404     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1448-3_7     Document Type: Chapter

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