Living wage campaigns from a "social movement" perspective: The Miami case

Labor Studies Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 29-50

  Nissen, Bruce ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community mobilization; Living wage; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044254207     PISSN: 0160449X     EISSN: 15389758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160449X0002500302     Document Type: Article

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