Labouring under an Illusion? Lesotho's 'sweat-free' label

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 581-598

  Seidman, Gay W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HUMAN RIGHTS; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LABOR STANDARD; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AFRICA; LESOTHO; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67650745676     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590902742347     Document Type: Article

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