Building strategic capacity: The political underpinnings of coordinated wage bargaining

American Political Science Review

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 171-188

  Ahlquist, John S ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952422410     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055409990384     Document Type: Article

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