The New Geography of Work: Power to the Precarious?

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 31-49

  Ross, Andrew ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

class; creativity; industry; work

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149496186     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276408097795     Document Type: Article

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