South Africa in transition: Scenarios facing organized labor

Critical Sociology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 79-112

  Barchiesi, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 0010111669     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089692059602200305     Document Type: Article

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