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A commentary on resistance to the UK's Work Experience programme: capitalism, exploitation and wage work

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A commentary on resistance to the UK's Work Experience programme: capitalism, exploitation and wage work. / Grover, Chris; Piggott, Linda.
In: Critical Social Policy, Vol. 33, No. 3, 08.2013, p. 554-563.

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Grover, C & Piggott, L 2013, 'A commentary on resistance to the UK's Work Experience programme: capitalism, exploitation and wage work', Critical Social Policy, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 554-563. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018312468307

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Grover, C., & Piggott, L. (2013). A commentary on resistance to the UK's Work Experience programme: capitalism, exploitation and wage work. Critical Social Policy, 33(3), 554-563. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018312468307

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Grover C, Piggott L. A commentary on resistance to the UK's Work Experience programme: capitalism, exploitation and wage work. Critical Social Policy. 2013 Aug;33(3):554-563. doi: 10.1177/0261018312468307

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Grover, Chris ; Piggott, Linda. / A commentary on resistance to the UK's Work Experience programme : capitalism, exploitation and wage work. In: Critical Social Policy. 2013 ; Vol. 33, No. 3. pp. 554-563.

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