Pathology of path dependency? The ILO and the challenge of new governance

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-224

  Baccaro, Lucio ^a   Mele, Valentina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

ILO; International labor standards; New governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862842950     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391206500201     Document Type: Review

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