The global compact and its critics: Activism, power relations, and corporate social responsibility

Discipline and Punishment in Global Politics: Illusions of Control

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 191-213

  Knight, Graham ^a   Smith, Jackie ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 85011117634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230612792     Document Type: Chapter

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