Vicissitudes of the relationship between State, labour and capital: An appraisal of neoliberal labour market reforms in India and beyond

Labour, Capital and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 106-133

  Bhattacharya, Saumyajit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; GLOBALIZATION; LABOR MARKET; NEOLIBERALISM; REFORM PROCESS; STATE ROLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 40749085294     PISSN: 07061706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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