The emergence of a European labour protest movement?

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-121

  Gajewska, Katarzyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

EU level; European trade unions; Protest; Social movement; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549133759     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: 14617129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680107086114     Document Type: Article

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