The myopia of "diverse economies", or a critique of the "informal economy"

Antipode

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 875-886

  Samers, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; NEOLIBERALISM;

EID: 33745246053     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0066-4812.2005.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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