Making labour voices heard during an industrial crisis: Workers' struggles in the Bangladesh garment industry

Labour, Capital and Society

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-129

  Khanna, Pragya ^a  

^a Bank Information Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GARMENT INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LABOR; LABOR MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84867061131     PISSN: 07061706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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