Labour standards, global markets and non-state initiatives: Colombia's and Ecuador's flower industries in comparative perspective

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-135

  Korovkin, Tanya ^a   Sanmiguel Valderrama, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPLOYMENT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; LABOR RELATIONS; LABOR STANDARD; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33847202923     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590601081914     Document Type: Article

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