Corporate social responsibility and labour market discipline: Contesting social reproduction in low-wage America

Global Economy Contested: Power and Conflict Across the International Division of Labour

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 117-138

  Foster, Ryan ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84859015032     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203927243     Document Type: Chapter

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