Production for export: The role of the state in the development and operation of global care chains

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-187

  Yeates, Nicola ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Export oriented trade; Gender; Global care chains; Global nursing care chains; Social development; State

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EXPORT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; LABOR MIGRATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 69949160204     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.546     Document Type: Article

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