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Class, gender and the sweatshop: on the nexus between labour commodification and exploitation

Alessandra MezzadriDepartment of Development Studies, SOAS, University of London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1877-1900 | Received 29 Jan 2016, Accepted 15 Apr 2016, Published online: 15 Aug 2016

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