Trade unions in India: From politics of fragmentation to politics of expansion and integration?

Trade Unions in Asia: An Economic and Sociological Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 157-176

  Shyam Sundar, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

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EID: 84905154164     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203926499     Document Type: Chapter

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