The rise of finance and the decline of organised labour in the advanced capitalist countries

New Political Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-99

  Peters, John ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Finance; Labour market; Labour unions

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LABOR DIVISION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; MANUFACTURING; OECD; WAGE;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 79551544270     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563461003789746     Document Type: Article

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