Global Labour-Standards Advocacy by European Civil Society Organizations: Trends and Developments

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 204-230

  Fransen, Luc ^a   Burgoon, Brian ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84928754219     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjir.12017     Document Type: Article

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