The dance of power: Ritual and agency among unionized American health care workers

American Anthropologist

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 489-495

  Durrenberger, E Paul ^a   Erem, Suzan ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Serv Employees Intl Union Local 73   (United States)

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EID: 21744450790     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.1997.99.3.489     Document Type: Review

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