Commentary: Biopolitical injustice and contemporary capitalism

American Ethnologist

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 488-490

  Benson, Peter ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Capitalism; Corporate social responsibility; Obesity; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864018738     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2012.01376.x     Document Type: Article

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