Organising home-based workers in the global economy: An action-research approach

Development in Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 136-148

  Pearson, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL ECONOMY; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 1542347144     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0961452032000170703     Document Type: Article

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