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In order to apply the concepts of the social bases of obedience and of systemic power imbalance to the specific conditions of the labour market, it will be helpful to analyse in some detail those features of labour power and of the labour market which distinguish them from all other commodities and markets.
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© 1988 David Purdy
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Purdy, D. (1988). The Peculiarities of Labour Power. In: Social Power and the Labour Market. Radical Economics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19545-9_5
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