Defending the organisation, not the members: Unions and the reform of job security legislation in Western Europe

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 339-363

  Davidsson, Johan Bo ^a   Emmenegger, Patrick ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Job protection legislation; Labour market reform; Power; Unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875658443     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2012.02073.x     Document Type: Article

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