The Changing Political Economy of Occupational Health and Safety in Fisheries: Lessons from Eastern Canada and South Africa

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 344-363

  Howse, Dana ^a   Jeebhay, Mohamed F ^b   Neis, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Neoliberal globalization; Occupational health and safety; Political economy; Precarious employment

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; EMPLOYMENT; FISHERY; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; LABOR; NEOLIBERALISM; OVERFISHING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84857933195     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2011.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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