The fragmentation of the bargaining society: Wage setting in the Nordic countries, 1950 to 1992

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 699-731

  Wallerstein, Michael ^b   Golden, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031504584     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414097030006003     Document Type: Article

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