Organizing labour in the informal economy: Institutional forms & relationships

Labour, Capital and Society

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bonner, Christine ^a   Spooner, Dave ^a  

^a Organization and Representation Programme of Women in Informal Employment   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SECTOR; LABOR MARKET; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; TRADE UNION;

EID: 84884766067     PISSN: 07061706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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