Dialectics of scale: Global capital and local unions in Australia's Iron Ore Industry

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-358

  Ellem, Bradon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Mining; Pilbara; Place; Scale; Unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944517748     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X05054739     Document Type: Review

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