Employment relationships and organizing strategies in the informal construction sector

African Studies Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 107-124

  Wells, Jill ^a   Jason, Arthur ^b  

^a International Labor Organisation   (United States)

^b UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

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