Field Report: Professionals, Students, and Activists in Taiwan Mobilize for an Unprecedented Collective-Action Lawsuit against a FormerTopAmerican ElectronicsCompany

East Asian Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 555-565

  Chen, Hsin Hsing ^a  

^a SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84862917381     PISSN: 18752160     EISSN: 18752152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/18752160-1465833     Document Type: Note

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