The new 'hidden abode': Reflections on value and labour in the new economy

Sociological Review

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-240

  Böhm, Steffen ^a   Land, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomist Marxism; Branding; Immaterial labour; Labour process theory; Marketing; Marx; Value; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862565657     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2012.02071.x     Document Type: Article

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