Moving workers with the work: State selection, key workers and spatial development policy in post-war Britain

Geoforum

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 581-595

  Raco, Mike ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Key workers; Labour mobility; Regional policy

Indexed keywords

LABOR MOBILITY; POST-WAR; REGIONAL POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 33745504169     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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