'Workers of the World, Unite'? Globalisation and the Quest for Transnational Solidarity

Globalizations

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-378

  Bieler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capitalist dynamics; globalisation and resistance; trade unions; transnational solidarity; uneven and combined development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863555136     PISSN: 14747731     EISSN: 1474774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2012.680730     Document Type: Article

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