The rebirth of politics in Bolivia: The role of popular resistance to business

Critical perspectives on international business

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 344-366

  Spence, Crawford ^a   Shenkin, Mark ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b Documentalistas Sin Tierra   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bolivia; International business; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349114388     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040810915402     Document Type: Article

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