'Race', employment, and contract compliance: A way forward for local authorities?

Local Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-158

  Orton, Michael ^a   Ratcliffe, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contract compliance; Local government procurement; Racial inequality in employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042661792     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269094042000203081     Document Type: Review

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