Stitching-up the labour market

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-111

  Elias, Juanita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Garment sector; Gendered political economy; Multinational company; Recruitment; Women workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33044502530     PISSN: 14616742     EISSN: 14684470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461674042000324709     Document Type: Review

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