Pragmatism, principles and policy: Federalism and industrial relations regulation in Australia

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-194

  Lyons, Michael ^a   Khoshaba, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centralized regulation; Constitutional change; Howard; Whitlam; Work choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249131077     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185608101706     Document Type: Article

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