Trade unions in local and regional development and governance: The Northern Trades Union Congress in North East England

Local Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 102-116

  Pike, Andy ^a   O'Brien, Peter ^a   Tomaney, John ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Local and Regional development and governance; North East England; Trade Union Congress; Trade Unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042516798     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269094042000203072     Document Type: Review

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