Union campaigns as counter movements: Mobilizing immigrant workers in France and the United Kingdom

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 601-622

  Tapia, Maite ^a   Turner, Lowell ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

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EID: 84883050599     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjir.12035     Document Type: Article

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