Infra-political dimensions of resistance to international business: A Neo-Gramscian approach

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-182

  Böhm, Steffen ^a   Spicer, André ^b   Fleming, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Articulation; Gramsci; Hegemony; Infra politics; International business; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349099608     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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