Outsourcing regulation: Analyzing nongovernmental systems of labor standards and monitoring

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-29

  O'Rourke, Dara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; LABOR STANDARD; MONITORING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EID: 0042598023     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-0072.00001     Document Type: Article

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