Dynamics of Unfree Labour in the Contemporary Global Economy

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1037-1041

  Barrientos, Stephanie ^a   Kothari, Uma ^a   Phillips, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; GLOBAL ECONOMY; LABOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 84881668802     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2013.780043     Document Type: Article

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