Precarious work, protest masculinity and communal regulation: South Asian young men in Luton, UK

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 847-864

  McDowell, Linda ^a   Rootham, Esther ^b   Hardgrove, Abby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

communal regulation; Luton; precarious employment; protest masculinity; radical privatism; South Asian youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901391216     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: 14698722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017013510757     Document Type: Article

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