Company and contract labour in a central Indian steel plant

Economy and Society

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 348-374

  Parry, Jonathan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

class; formal and informal sector; labour; steel industry; work

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; INFORMAL SECTOR; LABOR MARKET; LABOR STANDARD; METALS INDUSTRY; SKILLED LABOR; WORKPLACE;

INDIA;

EID: 84883347996     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2013.772761     Document Type: Article

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