Policy concertation in Europe: Understanding government choice

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1323-1348

  Baccaro, Lucio ^a   Simoni, Marco ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concertation; Corporatism; European politics; Industrial relations; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849107616     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414008315861     Document Type: Article

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