Uprooting tradition: Rethinking the place and space of labour organization

European Planning Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-42

  Wills, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS; LABOUR ORGANISATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; THEORY; TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP;

EID: 0031832907     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654319808720443     Document Type: Article

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