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Productive and unproductive labour and social form: Putting class struggle in its place

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Productive and unproductive labour and social form: Putting class struggle in its place. / Moraitis, Alexis; Copley, Jack.
In: Capital & Class, Vol. 41, No. 1, 01.02.2017, p. 91-114.

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Moraitis A, Copley J. Productive and unproductive labour and social form: Putting class struggle in its place. Capital & Class. 2017 Feb 1;41(1):91-114. Epub 2016 Nov 30. doi: 10.1177/0309816816682678

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Moraitis, Alexis ; Copley, Jack. / Productive and unproductive labour and social form : Putting class struggle in its place. In: Capital & Class. 2017 ; Vol. 41, No. 1. pp. 91-114.

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