Uncertain states: The political construction of the small firm, the individualisation of risk and the financial crisis

Capital and Class

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-64

  Dannreuther, Charlie ^a   Perren, Lew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterprise Act; Financialisation; political construct; regulation approach; small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875433392     PISSN: 03098168     EISSN: 20410980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309816812473955     Document Type: Article

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