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Book Title: Raising The Global Floor: Dismantling The Myth That We Canat...
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Raising the Global Floor : Dismantling the Myth That We Can't Afford Good Working Conditions for Everyone
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Labor & Industrial Relations, Public Policy / Social Policy, Labor, Labor & Employment
Publication Year: 2009
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Author: Alison Earle, Jody Heymann
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Law, Political Science, Business & Economics
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
