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From fatalism to mass action to incorporation to neoliberal individualism: worker safety on South African mines, c.1955–2016

Du fatalisme à l’action de masse, à l’incorporation de l’individualisation néolibérale : la sécurité des travailleurs dans les mines sud-africaines, c. 1955–2016

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