The emergence of a working poor: Labour markets, neoliberalisation and diverse economies in post-socialist cities

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Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 283-311

  Smith, Adrian ^a   Stenning, Alison ^b   Rochovská, Alena ^a,c   Świa̧tek, Dariusz ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cities; Labour markets; Poland; Post socialism; Poverty; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; NEOLIBERALISM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIALISM; URBAN ECONOMY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 42449111973     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2008.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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