Institutions and activism: Crisis and opportunity for a german labor movement in decline

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 294-312

  Turner, Lowell ^a  

^a School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

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EID: 67949092985     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390906200302     Document Type: Article

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