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Personalised conditionality: observations on active proletarianisation in late modern Britain

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Personalised conditionality: observations on active proletarianisation in late modern Britain. / Grover, Christopher.
In: Capital and Class, Vol. 36, No. 2, 06.2012, p. 283-301.

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Grover C. Personalised conditionality: observations on active proletarianisation in late modern Britain. Capital and Class. 2012 Jun;36(2):283-301. doi: 10.1177/0309816812437923

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