Book review: Precarious Workers Brigade (2017) Training for Exploitation? Politicising Employability & Reclaiming Education

Stephen G. Rooney

doi:10.29311/jlthe.v1i1.850

Book review: Precarious Workers Brigade (2017) Training for Exploitation? Politicising Employability & Reclaiming Education

Stephen G. Rooney

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Book Review of Precarious Workers Brigade (2017)

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Teaching practice, employability, critical pedagogy, social justice

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