Global destruction networks, labour and waste

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 421-441

  Herod, Andrew ^a   Pickren, Graham ^a   Rainnie, Al ^b   McGrath Champ, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Labour process; Ongoingness; Value; Waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893464816     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbt015     Document Type: Article

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