The discourse of globalisation and the logic of no alternative: Rendering the contingent necessary in the political economy of new labour

Policy and Politics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-305

  Watson, Matthew ^a   Hay, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Globalisation; Ideas; Political economy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; GLOBALIZATION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041344673     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557303322034956     Document Type: Article

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