Humanising the cut flower chain: Confronting the realities of flower production for workers in Kenya

Antipode

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 301-323

  Hale, Angela ^a   Opondo, Maggie ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLORA; FLOWER; INDUSTRY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 27744448223     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0066-4812.2005.00494.x     Document Type: Review

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