Spaces of work and everyday life: Labour geographies and the agency of unorganised temporary migrant workers

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1975-1987

  Rogaly, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CAPITALISM; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; WORKPLACE;

INDIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78049414381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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