Bringing the offshore ashore: Transnational production, industrial relations and the reconfiguration of sovereignty

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 683-704

  Lillie, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CAPITAL; HEGEMONY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SOVEREIGNTY;

EID: 77956402550     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2010.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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