The Polder model reviewed: Dutch corporatism 1965-2000

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-347

  Woldendorp, Jaap ^a   Keman, Hans ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ^*

Author keywords

Corporatism; Incomes policy; Labour relations; Polder Model; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749112988     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X07079351     Document Type: Review

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