When institutions matter: Union growth and decline in Western Europe, 1950-1995

European Sociological Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-158

  Ebbinghaus, Bernhard ^a   Visser, Jelle ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0033244548     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a018257     Document Type: Review

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