Labor agency in the football manufacturing industry of Sialkot, Pakistan

Geoforum

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-81

  Lund Thomsen, Peter ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Football manufacturing; Gendered economy; Global production networks; Labor agency; Pakistan; Sialkot

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GENDER; GLOBALIZATION; MANUFACTURING; OUTSOURCING;

PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SIALKOT;

EID: 84872494558     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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