Movements, countermovements and policy adoption: The case of right-to-work activism

Social Forces

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 473-500

  Dixon, Marc ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

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EID: 57049083546     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0076     Document Type: Article

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