Corporatism: The past, present, and future of a concept

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2002, Pages 305-331

  Molina, Oscar ^a   Rhodes, Martin ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Economic policy; Industrial relations; Social pacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036404920     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.5.112701.184858     Document Type: Review

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