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The Political Economy of Rent-Seeking in a Chinese Factory Town

  1. Alan Smart

Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1525/awr.1993.14.2-3.15

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Anthropology of Work Review

Anthropology of Work Review

Volume 14, Issue 2-3, pages 15–19, June/September 1993

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Smart, A. (1993), The Political Economy of Rent-Seeking in a Chinese Factory Town. Anthropology of Work Review, 14: 15–19. doi: 10.1525/awr.1993.14.2-3.15

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  1. University of Calgary.

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  1. Issue published online: 28 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008

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