Australian children's accounts of the closure of a car factory: Global restructuring and local impacts

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-158

  Newman, Lareen A ^a   MacDougall, Colin J M ^a   Baum, Fran E ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Children; Globalisation; Job loss; Manufacturing restructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449642873     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800902778934     Document Type: Article

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