Workers' struggles in times of globalisation: A critique of trade unions in historical perspective

Indian Journal of Labour Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 667-684

  Varman, Rahul ^a   Chakrabarti, Manali ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; TRADE UNION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 0742302238     PISSN: 09717927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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