Sustaining Labor-Environmental Coalitions: Banana Allies in Costa Rica

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 99-129

  Frundt, Henry J ^a  

^a Sociology faculty at Ramapo College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR POLICY; POLICY REFORM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 78649515793     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2010.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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