Social movements for global capitalism: The transnational capitalist class in action

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 514-538

  Sklair, Leslie ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Class; Globalization; Gramsci; Social movements; TNC

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031510858     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096922997347733     Document Type: Article

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