Bridging different worlds? Economy, politics and brokerage roles in Sweden

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-129

  Rydgren, Jens ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brokerage; Corporatism; Economics; Elites; Lobbying; Networks; Politics; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744459255     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699305053767     Document Type: Article

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