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PART II - Economic and Social Rights in Times of Crisis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2018

Edited by
Gillian MacNaughton  and
Diane F. Frey
Gillian MacNaughton
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University of Massachusetts, Boston
Diane F. Frey
Affiliation:
San Francisco State University
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Economic and Social Rights in a Neoliberal World , pp. 125 - 149
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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