Travelling neoliberalism: Polish and Ghanaian migrant workers in London

Social justice and neoliberalism: Global perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 61-89

  May, Jon ^a,b,c   Datta, Kavita ^a,b   Evans, Yara ^a,b   Herbert, Joanna ^a,b   McIlwaine, Cathy ^a,d   Wills, Jane ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Pluto Press   (United Kingdom)

^c Urban Geography Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^d CARILA Latin American Welfare Group   (United Kingdom)

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