What is Important to Me Is My Business, Nothing More: Neoliberalism, Ideology and the Work of Selling in Highland Bolivia

Anthropology of Work Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-39

  Gordon, Kathleen E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Labor process; Marketplace vendors; Neoliberalism; Social relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861375211     PISSN: 0883024X     EISSN: 15481417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1417.2011.01055.x     Document Type: Article

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