From coping strategies to tactics: London's low-pay economy and migrant labour

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 404-432

  Datta, Kavita ^a   McIlwaine, Cathy ^a   Evans, Yara ^a   Herbert, Joanna ^a   May, Jon ^a   Wills, Jane ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248592708     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2007.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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