Competitiveness and critique: The value of a New-Materialist Research Project

Historical Materialism

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-141

  Charnock, Greig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Neoliberalism; New materialism; Open Marxism; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949112368     PISSN: 14654466     EISSN: 1569206X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156920608X276305     Document Type: Review

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