Is there a future for a Labour Accord in South Africa?

Capital & Class

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-106

  Harcourt, Mark ^a   Wood, Geoffrey ^a  

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EID: 33644967297     PISSN: 03098168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030981680307900106     Document Type: Article

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