Toward flexible industrial relations? Neo-liberalism, democracy, and labor reform in Latin America

Industrial Relations

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-336

  Cook, Maria Lorena ^a  

^a and History   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING REGION; ECONOMIC REFORMS; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; LABOUR MARKET;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 0031663838     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0019-8676.00090     Document Type: Article

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