Public dramas and the politics of justice : Comparison of janitors' union struggles in South Korea and the United States

Work and Occupations

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 486-503

  Chun, Jennifer Jihye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Korea; Labor politics; Nonstandard work arrangements; Service workers; Union organizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644514041     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888405278950     Document Type: Review

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