The Withering Away of the Australian State: Privatisation and its Implications for Labour

Labour and Industry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1-29

  Fairbrother, Peter ^a   Svensen, Stuart ^b   Teicher, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0001992863     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.1997.10722005     Document Type: Article

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