New labour ambiguity, or neo-liberal consistency? The debate about racial inequality in employment and the use of contract compliance

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-272

  Orton, Michael ^a   Ratcliffe, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC MINORITY;

EID: 17344374135     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279404008578     Document Type: Article

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