Capitalist unfree labour: A contradiction?

Critical Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 743-765

  Brass, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Class struggle; Deskilling; Economic efficiency; Unfree labour

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749087764     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920509343059     Document Type: Article

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