Insurgency and institutionalization: The Polanyian countermovement and Chinese labor politics

Theory and Society

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 295-327

  Friedman, Eli ^a  

^a School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

Author keywords

ACFTU; China; Labor; Polanyi; Social movements; Unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876024639     PISSN: 03042421     EISSN: 15737853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11186-013-9192-1     Document Type: Article

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