Race, labour process and transition: the sociology of work in South Africa

Society in Transition

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-42

  Webster, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 85010648842     PISSN: 10289852     EISSN: 20721951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10289852.1999.10520166     Document Type: Article

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