Socially embedded workers at the nexus of diverse work in Russia:An ethnography of bluecollar informalization

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 619-631

  Polese, Abel ^a   Morris, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue collar workers; Diverse economy; Ethnography; Informal economy; Post socialism; Precarity; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986165528     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443331111177832     Document Type: Article

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