South Korean trade union movement at the crossroads: A critique of "social-Movement" unionism

Critical Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 311-344

  Park, Mi ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Globalization; Industrial relations; Labor; Neoliberalism; Political unionism; Social movement unionism; Social movements; South Korea; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147209414     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156916307X168674     Document Type: Review

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