Towards equality and renewal: Women's groups, diversity and democracy in British unions

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 425-462

  Parker, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Democracy; Diversity; Equality; Union revival strategy; Women's groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750490305     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X06065963     Document Type: Article

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