Labour market flexibility in the UK: Regional variations and the role of global/local forces

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 443-477

  Monastiriotis, Vassilis ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible accumulation; Functional elements of flexibility; Globalization; North south divide; Regional heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944462366     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X05054743     Document Type: Review

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