Global Unions as imperfect multilateral organizations: An international relations perspective

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 707-728

  Cotton, Elizabeth ^a   Gumbrell McCormick, Rebecca ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global Unions; international organization; international trade union movement; minilateralism; multilateralism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867347012     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X12436616     Document Type: Article

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