Knowledge and media workers in the global economy: Antimonies of outsourcing

Social Identities

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 771-790

  Mosco, Vincent ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

GLOBAL ECONOMY; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LABOR RELATIONS; MEDIA INDUSTRY; OUTSOURCING; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; WAGE;

ASIA; CANADA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751333457     PISSN: 13504630     EISSN: 13630296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504630601030958     Document Type: Article

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