A Marxist critique of black radical theories of trade-union racism

Sociology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 545-565

  Virdee, Satnam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black radical; Marxist; Racism; Trade unions; Trade union consciousness; Working class

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034238229     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/s003803850000033x     Document Type: Article

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