The moral economy of open access

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 169-188

  Bacevic, Jana ^a   Muellerleile, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

digital technology; justification; moral economy; open access; political ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045524182     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368431017717368     Document Type: Article

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