Informalising labour in Asia's global factory

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-179

  Chang, Dae Oup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global factory; Informalisation of labour; Labour movement; Mobile capital; Social labour

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650644631     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472330902723766     Document Type: Article

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