Macaulay's (Cyber) children: The cultural politics of outsourcing in India

Cultural Sociology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-122

  Nadeem, Shehzad ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Globalization; Identity; India; Labour; Outsourcing; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149148070     PISSN: 17499755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1749975508100673     Document Type: Article

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