Crisis, economic uncertainty and union members' attitudes towards immigration in Europe

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 453-469

  Artiles, Antonio Martín ^a   Molina, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards immigration; economic uncertainty; ideology; trade union members

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857128464     PISSN: 10242589     EISSN: 19967284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1024258911419752     Document Type: Review

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