Cheap capitalism: A sociological study of food crime in China

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 254-273

  Cheng, Hongming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

causality; cheap capitalism; china; food crime; triple helix

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857605473     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azr078     Document Type: Article

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