International Framework Agreements and the democratic deficit of global labour governance

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 367-386

  Niforou, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Democracy; employee representation; globalization; multinational companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899643034     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X13484815     Document Type: Article

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