Globalization, precarious work, and the food bank

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 9-28

  Lightman, Ernie S ^a   Mitchell, Andrew ^a   Herd, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Food bank; Globalization; Precarious work; Toronto

Indexed keywords

EID: 45249106408     PISSN: 01915096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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