Movements, markets and fields: The effects of anti-sweatshop campaigns on U.S. firms, 1993-2000

Social Forces

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 425-451

  Bartley, Tim ^a   Child, Curtis ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872505726     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sor010     Document Type: Article

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