Institutional, economic, or solidaristic?: Assessing explanations for unionization across affluent democracies

Work and Occupations

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-101

  Brady, David ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Comparative sociology; Globalization; Institutions; Labor unions; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846046382     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888406295332     Document Type: Article

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