Leadership and union militancy: The case of the RMT

Capital & Class

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 3-32

  Darlington, Ralph ^a  

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EID: 77950750915     PISSN: 03098168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03098168090330030101     Document Type: Article

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