Institutional change from within the informal sector in indian rural labour relations

International Review of Sociology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 533-553

  Olsen, Wendy ^a   Morgan, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; India; Informal sector; Institutions; Rural labour

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649511258     PISSN: 03906701     EISSN: 14699273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03906701.2010.511915     Document Type: Article

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