It's Politics, Stupid: The 2002-2004 UK Firefighters' Dispute

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Seifert, Roger ^a   Sibley, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79959286236     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2010.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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