The ‘Representation Gap’ In Australia

Labour and Industry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1-31

  Bray, Mark ^a   Waring, Peter ^a   Macdonald, Duncan ^a   Le Queux, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 84937340934     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.2001.10669247     Document Type: Article

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