The Knowledge to Act: Chinese Migrant Labor Protests in Comparative Perspective

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1379-1404

  Becker, Jeffrey ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

authoritarian states; contention; migrant labor; protest; social ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867363274     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414012437167     Document Type: Article

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