An institutionalist approach to redundancies in the chemical industry: The cases of Teesside (UK) and Brindisi (Italy)

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-155

  Greco, Lidia ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chemical industry; Employment relations; Institutionalism; Redundancies; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; LABOR MARKET; UNEMPLOYMENT;

BRINDISI; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TEESSIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1842629733     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776404041419     Document Type: Article

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