Unfree Again: Social Reproduction, Flexible Labour Markets and the Resurgence of Gang Labour in the UK

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Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 180-197

  Strauss, Kendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gangmasters; Migration; Social reproduction; Unfree labour

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR RELATIONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871142776     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.00997.x     Document Type: Article

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