Confronting change: Labor, state, and privatization

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 333-356

  Paczynska, Agnieszka ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic reform; Globalization; Historical legacies; Labor; Policy conflicts; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047229646     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290701203714     Document Type: Article

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