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Book Title: Continuity Despite Change: The Politics Of Labor Regulation ...
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Continuity Despite Change : the Politics of Labor Regulation in Latin America
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Labor & Industrial Relations, Latin America / General, Labor & Employment
Item Weight: 16.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Matthew E. Carnes
Subject Area: Law, Political Science, History
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Social Science History Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
