The geopolitical economy of the global internet infrastructure

Journal of Information Policy

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages 228-267

  Winseck, Dwayne ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geopolitics; Global internet infrastructure; Global political economy of communication; Internet policy; Role of the state; Submarine internet cables; Telecoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040106854     PISSN: 23815892     EISSN: 21583897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5325/jinfopoli.7.2017.0228     Document Type: Review

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