Organising for what? where is the debate on the politics of organising?

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 157-168

  Simms, Melanie ^a   Holgate, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organising model; Revitalisation; Trade unions; Union organising

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950245937     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017010361413     Document Type: Article

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