State-labour relations in East Central Europe: Explaining variations in union effectiveness

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-53

  Avdagic, Sabina ^a  

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

Author keywords

Institutional development and change; Power dynamics; State labour relations; Strategic interactions; Trade unions; Tripartite institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844269290     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/SER/mwh012     Document Type: Article

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