The paradox of globalization: Labor Relations in Germany and Beyond

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 859-880

  Thelen, Kathleen ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced industrial countries; Analytic narrative; Germany; Globalization; Industrial relations; Labor politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141542694     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414003256111     Document Type: Article

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