Social dialogue revival or ‘PR corporatism’? Negotiating anti-crisis measures in Poland and Bulgaria

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 239-251

  Bernaciak, Magdalena ^a  

^a Employment and Social Policies Unit of the Research Department at the European Trade Union Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; crisis; party politics; Poland; Social dialogue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876955600     PISSN: 10242589     EISSN: 19967284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1024258913480724     Document Type: Article

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